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Climate change: Is capitalism the problem or the solution?

Transforming turbo-charged globalised capitalism into a green force for public good will take the deep thinking of two new books by Naomi Klein and Vaclav Smil

11 September 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a powerful voice for a US Green New Deal to fight climate change
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On Fire: The burning case for a green new deal

Naomi Klein

Allen Lane

Growth: From microorganisms to megacities

Vaclav Smil

MIT Press

WHEN it comes to digging ourselves out of the climate mess we are in, there are a number of big questions. Near the top of the list is: can capitalism help? Then, if so, how? If not, what can? And what do we do about growth?

Two new books provide us with…

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