How could we fix the environment if we have no money to fix it with? We don't really have a choice as to which one we would want to fix. If our economy is in recession, then we really don't have the means to spend any more money on a greater cause. If our economy was deemed efficient though and there was a choice between investing in our economy to make it grow, or investing in the environment to make the world a better place to live, then I would choose the environment. On this particular question, however, the only possible answer is the economy.