Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet - And How We Fight Back
Kate AronoffBut a new kind of denialism is taking root in the halls of power, shaped by a quarter-century of neoliberal policies, that threatens to doom us before we've grasped the full extent of the crisis. As Kate Aronoff argues, since the 1980s & 1990s, economists, pro-business Democrats & Republicans in the US, & global organizations like the UN & 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, & 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 & 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; & adapt to inevitable warming in a way that is just & equitable.
Our future, Overheated makes clear, will require a radical reimagining of our politics & our economies, but if done right, it will save the world.
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Kate Aronoff is a staff writer at the New Republic covering climate & energy issues. Aronoff is the coeditor of We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism, American Style & the coauthor of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal. She is a contributing editor at Waging Nonviolence