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Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet Paperback – 22 Sept. 2020

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The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history. It is a true existential crisis. Those alive today will decide the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, the leaders of the most powerful state in human history are dedicating themselves with passion to destroying the prospects for organized human life. At the same time, there is a solution at hand, which is the Green New Deal. Putting meat on the bones of the Green New Deal starts with a single simple idea: we have to absolutely stop burning fossil fuels to produce energy within the next 30 years at most; and we have to do this in a way that also supports rising living standards and expanding opportunities for working people and the poor throughout the world. This version of a Green New Deal program is, in fact, entirely realistic in terms of its purely economic and technical features. The real question is whether it is politically feasible. Chomsky and Pollin examine how we can build the political force to make a global Green New Deal a reality.

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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

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

A thought-provoking and succinct manifesto.
-- Russell Whitehouse, 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

Brisk and lucid
-- John Freeman, Lit Hub (Most Anticipated Books of 2020)

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.
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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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Verso (22 Sept. 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 178873985X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1788739856
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.02 x 1.27 x 21.11 cm

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Avram Noam Chomsky (/ˈnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, logician, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy, and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He has spent more than half a century at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is Institute Professor Emeritus, and is the author of over 100 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.

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Vanda Denton

very informative

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I first came across Chomsky some forty years ago when some of his work was included in the psychology course of my B.Ed at London university. I admired his work then, and even more so now. He has earned the respect of all to, at the very least, listen to his views with an open mind.
Together Pollin and Chomsky offer a realistic solution to the climate crisis, as well as describing the reality of global catastrophic problems being caused by human beings.

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Nogayhan Seymen

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2021

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Everyone should read Noam Chomsky's books to learn how the world works. This one specifically to get a sense of the excessive consumptions of the world population that are makibg our world die slowly.

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Keeping up with Noam inspires me to be a better writer. I look forward to earning from my own Royalties so I can read more and reason with his authorship over time to see how his research methodology arrived at Environmental Law as a the precipice for changing our thinking about business and education.

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View from nowhere

If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2021

Chomsky is the greatest voice in the wilderness that is American politics. The fact that Trump has received so much airtime and admiration whilst Chomsky is ignored by the mainstream press, highlights the stranglehold that money and big business hold over the american media, and the warped priorities of the public.

This is a good short read, in an interview format, the conversational nature of the book make it enjoyable and accessable. Each questions is answered both Chomsky and Robert Polling, professor of Economic and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The topics discussed are fairly general, the nature of climate change (it should be called global heating), capitalism and the current causes of the crisis. Details of the global new deal and how political mobilisation can be generated.

The diagnosis of the current crisis, is well understood by most people now, however it never hurts to hear the story again, as it's hard to make the seriousness of the situation resonate in the mind. This is especially the case, as Chomsky is very good at taking the facts and logically explaining their extreme moral concequences.

The answer to the problem is outlined, even with costings, about clean renewables, energy efficiency, carbon taxes, savings on military spending and fossil fuel subsidies, private funds and we can be hopeful that numbers are realistic and no where near as daunting as you might expect. However it's the brick wall of 'political will' that will be the bigger stumbling block.

I found the discussion about why we can't shrink our economies out of the problem interesting, we need to grow ourselves out with environmental investments. Also whether we should use nuclear power, how far should political activism go, along with comments about whether the climate issue should be dealt with in tandem with other social issues.

The only criticism, is the fact that this is looked at, as a global solution, however we don't have a global government to implement it.

As you would expect there are no simple answers however this provides a road map to start from and worth the few hours it takes to read.

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meg

Save Our Planet or the Future Won't Belong to Anyone

Reviewed in the United States on 4 August 2023

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This book outlines clear goals for saving the planet as well as a more equitable world order and the means of achieving these ends. I highly recommend that it be required reading by ordinary US citizens, including high school and college students but especially our law makers. Without a greater understanding of the stakes and the will to commit to keeping the planet habitable, we are doomed!

Ron

All the info i need?

Reviewed in Canada on 26 August 2022

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Chomsky wrote, umm, a third of it? Its a short book of the essential info. And the solution that will not be applied by our "leaders"

Ricardo Benito Vinós

Excelente lectura

Reviewed in Mexico on 9 December 2020

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Gran libro, vale mucho la pena leerlo. El texto es principalmente de Robert Pollin, pero con muchas intervenciones del inigualable Noam Chomsky.
Está escrito con un formato de entrevista, pero las preguntas son como subtemas del capítulo. Su lectura es ágil, amena, entretenida y sobre todo, ilustrativa.

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LongDongSilver

Chomsky Ballert

Reviewed in Germany on 30 August 2021

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Ja was soll ich sagen. Klimawandel ist hart, Geld hilft, Menschen müssen mehr Bock drauf bekommen.
Wir können bombastelische Arbeitsplätze beim Planentenretten erschaffen.
Unschlagbar!!

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Matteo

brilliant

Reviewed in Italy on 4 March 2021

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Brilliant as always, professor Chomsky depicts a grim scenario, but not without hope.

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