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
A Note on Environmental Social Science
By David M. Fields, Within the social sciences there is a growing consensus that human social processes, in a dialectic
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
Capitalism and the Expropriation of Nature: The Strategic Discourse of Ecosocialism
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfoWxyZWuKE&w=560&h=315] John Bellamy Foster on nature, c
15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics
Ecological Economics and Socio-ecological Movements: Science, policy and challenges to global processes in a troub
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
New Book: Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism – Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy
By Kohei Saito. From Monthly Review Press: Karl Marx, author of what is perhaps the world’s most resounding and signifi
New Book: The Good Life Beyond Growth – New Perspectives
Edited by Hartmut Rosa & Christoph Henning. From Routledge: Many countries have experienced a decline of economi
New Book: Creating an Ecological Society – Toward a Revolutionary Transformation
by Fred Magdoff and Chris Williams From Monthly Review Press: Sickened by the contamination of their water, their air,
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
CALL FOR PAPERS: Freedom and Justice – Jobs, Economic Security, and Inclusion
The National Economic Association (NEA) and the American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) announce and invite p
New book by Robin Hahnel: Income Distribution & Environmental Sustainability-A Sraffian Approach
From Routledge: Any economics that does not deal forthrightly with economic inequality is no longer suitable for the t
URPE Brooklyn Conference: Left-Wing Economics in a Right-Wing Political Climate
St. Francis College, Brooklyn NY, April 8, 2017 The Conference will bring together the theoretical perspectives of ra
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