Climate Change
Economic development is a process of constant change, driven by innovation. Such changes challenge the positions of existing firms, forcing them to adapt, but also provide opportunities that firms of all types, including new entrepreneurial ventures, may exploit. A similar …
To avoid the most negative effects of climate change scientists say that temperature increase compared to preindustrial times needs to be restricted to 1,5 degrees, most of which has already occurred (IPCC 2018). The main reason for these temperature increases …
This book contains a series of talks and essays by the author and journalist Naomi Klein written during the last decade (including an introduction and an epilogue written especially for this volume). Klein writes passionately about the implications of global …
The Green New Deal for Europe is a campaign for a swift, just, and democratic transition to a sustainable Europe founded in 2019 by the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25), an organization linked to former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. …
As Ann Pettifor explains, the term “new deal” dates back to the Roosevelt-administration’s attempt to use the full force of the US government to combat unemployment and revive the economy during the crisis of the 1930s. A central element in the …
Chris Goodall is an English economist and writer who previously has authored several books on climate change and energy transitions, including the highly readable “The Switch” a few years back. The present book is as the title indicates a primer …