In 1970 Milton Friedman argued that the only social responsibility of business was to increase profits. Compare and contrast the evidence Freidman presents to back up his claim with that provided in the Homer-Dixon article.
https://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/libertarians/issues/friedman-soc-resp-business.html (this is the link for one of the readings)
and the second reading is chapter 1 from:
Homer-Dixon, T. (2006). The upside of down: Catastrophe, creativity, and the renewal of civilization. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf. (Chapter 1: Tectonic stresses)