This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. the Climate
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4.3 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From Naomi Klein, author of the #1 international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, a must-read on how the climate crisis needs to spur transformational political change
We seem to have given up on any serious effort to prevent catastrophic climate change. Despite mounting scientific evidence, denialism is surging in many wealthy countries, and extreme fossil-fuel extraction gathers pace. Exposing the work of ideologues on the right who know the challenge this poses to the free market all too well, Naomi Klein also challenges the failing strategies of environmental groups. This Changes Everything argues that the deep changes required should not be viewed as punishments to fear, but as a kind of gift. It's time to stop running from the full implications of the crisis and begin to embrace them.
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo. She is a member of the board of directors for 350.org, a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis, a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute, and a former Miliband Fellow at the LSE. She holds an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws from the University of King's College, Nova Scotia.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Canadian luminary Naomi Klein’s new book is full of terrifying facts and fiery conviction. This awe-inspiring survey of climate change’s social and political implications draws on extensive research and crystal-clear prose to deliver a bad news/good news message. Klein maps out the multiple ways that extreme weather and destabilized conditions endanger the masses while benefiting corporations and the economic elite. But she also makes the case that the prospect of ecological disaster provides us with an unprecedented opportunity to adopt policies that close the gap between rich and poor and promote social justice. This Changes Everything is by no means an easy read, but it’s a fascinating investigative work designed to spark debate and stamp out apathy.
