Pollution Control: Costs and Benefits The root words for ecology and economy share the same meaning, they both mean "home regulation". Critics have said that the economy will grow much faster without concerns of polluting the environment. When people began to preserve and clean the environment we live in, they faced many problems such as brown-outs, increased inflation, more unemployment, and other economic setbacks. Thus, the economy and environment were handled separately with respect to the other. Of course, this upset many people and gave them a sense of insecurity in their jobs. Some said that th