Price Is Wrong - Why Capitalism Won''t Save the Planet

RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCES mean it is typically cheaper to produce electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels. Yet, around the world, the transition to green energy is happening too slowly if it is happening at all. As Brett Christophers argues, the problem is rooted in the absurdist nature of capitalist priorities: saving the planet on which our lives depend is not sufficiently profitable.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Brett Christophers is professor of human geography at Uppsala University's Institute for Housing and Urban Research

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Brett Christophers
• Verlag: Verso
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.05.2025
• EAN: 9781804292310
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-231-0
• Seiten: 432
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, Capitalism, NATURE / Ecology, Finance, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, Environmental Economics, Economic systems & structures, Social impact of environmental issues, Alternative & renewable energy industries, Alternative and renewable energy industries, Finance and the finance industry