Can capitalism survive climate change? Can humanity?
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor emeritus (MIT) and Laureate Professor (U. of Arizona). He is a long-time political activist and author of many books and articles on linguistics, cognitive science, philosophy, intellectual history, social-political issues and international affairs. Robert Pollin is Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His books include The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy; Contours of Descent: U.S. Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity; and Greening the Global Economy. He has worked as a consultant for the US Department of Energy, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and numerous non-governmental organizations in several countries and in US states and municipalities on various aspects of building high-employment green economies.
This little book contains a big idea: climate stabilisation that
avoids the collapse of organised social life can be achieved, along
with more decent jobs, improved living standards and reduced
poverty everywhere in the world. Two eminent thinkers present a
convincing case for a realistic, feasible Global Green New
Deal.
*Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi*
The project that is the Green New Deal is enriched by the insights
of two great minds: those of Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin. Both
understand that the GND will fail if it does not protect the jobs
and livelihoods of the working class. They explain how a
transformation needed to restore the ecosystem can, and will
transform the organisations and lives of working people worldwide -
for the better.
*Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for The Green New Deal*
This book is a survival manual for civilization. I want
everyone--yes, every person on the planet--to learn its message and
to face the challenge it poses: "What am I doing to help bring
about a global Green New Deal in the early years of this decade?"
For Americans, the first steps are clear: consign all climate
deniers to permanent political oblivion and force all other
policymakers to match fine words with deeds - i.e.commit to the
Pollin-Chomsky global program for climate stabilization, a massive
expansion of good jobs, and just transition.
*Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Doomsday Machine*
Brisk and lucid.
*John Freeman*
In this compelling read, linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky and
progressive economist Robert Pollin present a convincing case for a
realistic, feasible Global Green New Deal.
*Dazed*
A thought-provoking and succinct manifesto.
*International Policy Digest*
[Chomsky and Pollin] argue it is possible to tackle climate
collapse over the next 30 years ... A capitalist system that fails
to respond does not deserve to survive.
*Irish Times*
Emphasises the crisis our planet faces but also says 'there is a
solution at hand'.
*Irish Examiner*
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