Call for Papers: New School Economic Review special issue on climate change
We hereby invite you to submit your manuscripts to a special issue of the New School Economic Review (NSER) on the econ
The Disconnect Between Economics and Climate Science
By James K. Boyce & Tyler Hansen On October 8, 2018, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Yale economist W
Can We Afford a Stable Climate? Worst-Case Risks vs. Least-Cost Solutions
By Frank Ackerman, originally posted at Dollars&Sense The damages expected from climate change seem to get worse
New Book: Dust Bowls of Empire – Imperialism, Environmental Politics, and the Injustice of “Green” Capitalism
By Hannah Holleman. From Yale University Press: A profound reinterpretation of both the Dust Bowl on the U.S. southern
New Book: The Progress of This Storm – Nature and Society in a Warming World
by Andreas Malm. From Verso: An attack on the idea that nature and society are impossible to distinguish from each other
Frank Ackerman on Worst Case Economics
Frank Ackerman is principal economist at Synapse Energy Economics in Cambridge, Mass., and the author of Worst Case Ec
World accumulation & Planetary life, or, why capitalism will not survive until the ‘last tree is cut’
By Jason W. Moore, Why does it seem easier to imagine the end of the world than to see the end of capitalism? Part of the answ
New Book: Worst-Case Economics – Extreme Events in Climate and Finance
By Frank Ackerman. From Anthem Press: Worst-case scenarios are all too real, and all too common. The financial crisis o
Fadhel Kaboub on An Affordable Job Guarantee Program
Tuesday October 17, 2017 at 7pm (see livestream link below), 1717 Brittain Road, Akron, Ohio 44310 Fadhel Kaboub, Asso
New Book: A Redder Shade of Green – Intersections of Science and Socialism
By Ian Angus. From Monthly Review Press: As the Anthropocene advances, people across the red-green political spectru
An Eco-Revolutionary Tipping Point? Global Warming, Climate Denials, & the Environmental Proletariat
By Paul Burkett, In the summer of 2016, the acceleration of climate change was once again making headlines. In July, the
Verso Books Climate Crisis Reading List
By Anne Rumberger With Donald Trump’s nomination of climate change denialist Scott Pruitt to head the Enviro
Frank Ackerman on How to Keep US Climate Promises
From Dollars&Sense: In January, Donald Trump will endorse climate denial, renouncing the Clean Power Plan and cl
Student Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Springs into Action
The fossil fuel divestment movement continued its momentum this week as students across the U.S. highlighted the need
New Book: Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice – The radical potential of human rights
From Routledge. By Radhika Balakrishnan, James Heintz, & Diane Elson The dominant approach to economic policy ha
New Book by Andreas Malm: Fossil Capital – The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming
From Verso Books: The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn
New Book by Minqi Li: China and the 21st Century Crisis
From Pluto Press: The USA is widely seen as the country at the centre of the recent economic crash. But will this be the cas