The price is wrong : why capitalism won't save the planet / Brett Christophers.

By:

Christophers, Brett, 1971-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2024Description: 398 pages; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781804292303

Subject(s):

Sustainability -- Economic aspects

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Price is wrongDDC classification:

338.9/27 23/eng/20231026

LOC classification:

HC79.E5 C4975 2024

Contents:

Electric dreams -- The business of power -- Free gifts of nature -- The price is right? -- The price is wrong -- The wild west -- Eating itself alive -- Market failure -- Stuck on support -- Electric nightmares -- Roads to nowhere.

Summary: "What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable? This is Brett Christophers' claim. The global economy is moving too slowly toward sustainability because the return on green investment is too low"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso)	HC79.E5 C4975 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000192191

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable? This is Brett Christophers' claim. The global economy is moving too slowly toward sustainability because the return on green investment is too low"-- Provided by publisher.

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