What do economic realities currently favor over multi-century terraforming investments?

Artificial enclosures like pressurized domes

Despite the grand ambition of true terraforming—the creation of a self-sustaining, open planetary ecosystem—the economic landscape injects significant pessimism into near-term planning. Terraforming requires investments spanning multiple centuries, which conflicts sharply with prevailing economic attitudes that prioritize immediate or short-term profitability. Consequently, the most likely immediate path for human expansion involves utilizing artificial, contained habitats. These pressurized enclosures, such as domes built over large features like lunar craters, require vastly less material, energy, and time investment than the effort needed to fundamentally alter the entire climate and environment of a planet.