9781568589473-1568589476-Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back

Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back

ISBN-13: 9781568589473
ISBN-10: 1568589476
Author: Kate Aronoff
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Format: Hardcover 432 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781568589473
ISBN-10: 1568589476
Author: Kate Aronoff
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Format: Hardcover 432 pages

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Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back (ISBN-13: 9781568589473 and ISBN-10: 1568589476), written by authors Kate Aronoff, was published by Bold Type Books in 2021. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Environmental Economics (Economics, Climatology, Earth Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Environmental Economics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.34.

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This damning account of the forces that have hijacked progress on climate change shares a bold vision of what it will take, politically and economically, to face the existential threat of global warming head-on.

It has become impossible to deny that the planet is warming, and that governments must act. But a new denialism is taking root in the halls of power, shaped by decades of neoliberal policies and centuries of anti-democratic thinking. Since the 1980s, Democrats and Republicans have each granted enormous concessions to industries hell bent on maintaining business as usual. What's worse, policymakers have given oil and gas executives a seat at the table designing policies that should euthanize their business model.

This approach, journalist Kate Aronoff makes clear, will only drive the planet further into emergency. Drawing on years of reporting, Aronoff lays out an alternative vision, detailing how democratic majorities can curb polluters' power; create millions of well-paid, union jobs; enact climate reparations; and transform the economy into a more leisurely and sustainable one. Our future will require a radical reimagining of politics--with the world at stake.

 

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