Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Savi ng the Planet

US: Verso Books, 2021. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. An engaging conversation with Noam Chomsky--revered public intellectual and Manufacturing Consent author--about climate change, capitalism, and how a global Green New Deal can save the planet. Climate change: watershed or endgame? An engaging conversation public intellectual and Manufacturing Consent auth or Noam Chomsky about the climate change, capitalism, and how a global Gree n New Deal can save the planet. In this compelling new book, Noam Chomsky, the world's leading public intel lectual, and Robert Pollin, a renowned progressive economist, map out the c atastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change--and present a realist ic blueprint for change: the Green New Deal. Together, Chomsky and Pollin show how the forecasts for a hotter planet str ain the imagination: vast stretches of the Earth will become uninhabitable, plagued by extreme weather, drought, rising seas, and crop failure. Arguin g against the misplaced fear of economic disaster and unemployment arising from the transition to a green economy, they show how this bogus concern en courages climate denialism. Humanity must stop burning fossil fuels within the next thirty years and do so in a way that improves living standards and opportunities for working people. This is the goal of the Green New Deal and, as the authors make clear, it is entirely feasible. Climate change is an emergency that cannot be ignored. This book shows how it can be overcome both politically and economically.