
Overheated
How Capitalism Broke the Planet - And How We Fight Back
By: Kate Aronoff
Paperback | 13 May 2021 | Edition Number 1
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As Kate Aronoff argues, since the 1980s and 1990s, economists, pro-business Democrats and Republicans in the US, and global organizations like the UN and the World Economic Forum have all made concessions to the oil and gas industry that they have no intention of reversing. What's more, they believe that climate change can be solved through the market, capitalism can be a force for good, and all of us, corporations included, are fighting the good fight together.
These assumptions, Aronoff makes abundantly clear, will not save the planet. Drawing on years of reporting and rigorous economic analysis, Aronoff lays out a robust vision for what will, detailing how to constrain the fossil fuel industry; transform the economy into a sustainable, democratic one; mobilize political support; create effective public-private partnerships; enact climate reparations; and adapt to inevitable warming in a way that is just and equitable.
Our future, Aronoff's book makes clear, will require a radical reimagining of our politics and our economies, but if done right, it will save the world.
Aronoff's bold political & economic agenda for saving the world in 12 years includes:
- decarbonizing the economy
- nationalizing utilities and the fossil fuel industry
- public sector - private sector partnerships in the public interest
- a jobs guarantee
- climate reparations
- equitable planning for inevitable warming
- low-carbon luxury
About the Author
Kate Aronoff is a staff writer at The New Republic, and a former fellow at the Type Media Center. Her work has appeared in The Intercept, The New York Times, The Nation, Dissent, Rolling Stone , and The Guardian , among other outlets. Aronoff is the co-editor of We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism, American Style and the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal. She lives in Brooklyn.
ISBN: 9781541700468
ISBN-10: 1541700465
Published: 13th May 2021
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 432
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Little Brown
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 3.3 x 15.2 x 23.4
Weight (kg): 0.54
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