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Author:
Christophers, Brett, 1971- author.
Title:
The price is wrong : why capitalism won't save the planet / Brett Christophers.
Publisher:
Verso,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
xxxiii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Sustainability--Economic aspects.
Capitalism--Environmental aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Electric dreams -- The business of power -- Free gifts of nature -- The price is right? -- The price is wrong -- The wild west -- Eating itself alive -- Market failure -- Stuck on support -- Electric nightmares -- Roads to nowhere.
Summary:
"What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable? This is Brett Christophers' claim. The global economy is moving too slowly toward sustainability because the return on green investment is too low"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1804292303
9781804292303 (hardcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1372337022
LCCN:
2023037196
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

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