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.

About the author

Brett Christophers is a political economist and economic geographer, and the author of Our Lives in Their Portfolios, Rentier Capitalism and of The New Enclosure, which won the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize.

Product details

• Authors: Brett Christophers
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2025
• EAN: 9781804292310
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-231-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 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