Miljöekonomi

I denna antologi vävs ett 40-tal drömmar och idéer om hur det vore att leva på en jord rik av liv. Och hur vi mer konkret skulle kunna samskapa den tillsammans med resten av livsväven. 1962 lanserade Rachel Carson Silent Spring. I den beskrev hon – lika vetenskapligt som poetiskt – hur bekämpningsmedel som DDT först får insekterna att dö, sedan fåglarna och fiskarna, sedan även större däggdjur och människor, och själva våren att bli tyst. Om en Silent Spring är en ultimat beskrivning av det vi inte vill ha – essentiellt ett tiltande mot mer död på jorden – så är det vi istället skulle kunna samskapa en Loud Summer, en nästa årstid i jordens historia som är full och rik av liv i alla dess former; natur, kärlek, kreativitet och ande.

'A clear vision for a profoundly different economy' Irish TimesOne of the most deeply ingrained beliefs of our age is that perpetual economic growth is the solution to most, if not all, of society's problems. In Slow Down or Die, French economist Timothée Parrique brilliantly challenges this myth, demonstrating how producing more won't solve climate change, poverty, or inequality. In fact, our obsession with growth is accelerating social and ecological collapse.Parrique proposes a different vision - a "post-growth" economy, where we look beyond the vagaries of GDP and measure our economies through how well we provide for each other. Instead of infinitely accumulating wealth, our goal must be a just, equitable, and sustainable society. Accessible and inspiring, Slow Down or Die is a radical call to embrace a future of shared prosperity, where slowing down is the key to a better, sustainable future.

Välfärdsstat i förändring beskriver Västeuropa under 2000-talet. Författaren strävar efter att fånga huvudmönstren i välfärdsstaternas förändringar och diskuterar också vilka drivkrafterna bakom har varit samt vilka konsekvenser de har fått på den sociala välfärden i Europa. Boken innehåller även en diskussion om de metodologiska och teoretiska utgångspunkter som ligger till grund för välfärdsstatliga analyser och jämförelser. Två budskap är centrala. Det första är att välfärdsstaten och dess förändringar är mångfacetterade fenomen som kan förstås och mätas på olika sätt. Det andra att de västeuropeiska välfärdsstaterna har genomgått, och fortsätter att genomgå, förändringar. Dessa har i många fall inneburit att vi har fått försämrade sociala skyddsnät, men förändringarna har samtidigt inneburit expansion inom andra områden av välfärdsstaten – i första hand de nya sociala riskområden som socialpolitiken riktar sig till. Vi bör därmed kanske förstå välfärdsstatens förändring som en kontinuerlig anpassningsprocess där huvudmålet är att ”rekalibrera” socialpolitiken i förhållande till förändrade behov och förutsättningar. Boken vänder sig i första hand till studerande vid socialvetenskapliga och samhällsvetenskapliga universitets- och högskoleutbildningar i de nordiska länderna, men kan läsas av alla som har ett intresse för välfärdsstatens förändring.

Hur ska vi använda våra ekonomiska resurser för att skapa förutsättningar för bästa möjliga hälsa? Bör vaccin mot vattkoppor inkluderas i det nationella vaccinationsprogrammet? Hur avgörs om ett nytt läkemedel eller annan medicinsk teknologi bör subventioneras och erbjudas patienter inom det ordinarie sjukvårdsutbudet? Det är för att kunna besvara, eller åtminstone förstå hur vi kan formulera olika svar till dessa frågor, som forskare och praktiker alltmer har börjat intressera sig för hälsoekonomiska utvärderingar. I Hälsoekonomisk utvärdering presenteras de vanligaste metoderna för att genomföra hälsoekonomiska utvärderingar, där kostnaderna med olika interventioner ställs i relation till patientnyttan. Boken är skriven så att det inte ska krävas för­kunskaper i ekonomi eller medicin för att kunna tillgodogöra sig innehållet. Hälsoekonomisk utvärdering riktar sig både till studenter inom hälsovetenskapliga och ekonomiska utbildningar och till andra som är intresserade av hur hälsoekonomi och kostnadseffektivitet kan användas för prioriteringsarbete inom hälso- och sjukvården och för folkhälsoarbete.

What if we were to put a value on nature just as we value everything else?For as long as they have existed, our economic models have served us an incomplete picture. The models and metrics tell us that our economies are healthy because they are growing. However, this doesn’t account for the fact that our growth is driven by a resource that we take for free and treat as infinite: nature. We know now, more than ever, that our demand on the natural world is unsustainable. It’s no longer sufficient to only see part of the picture; it’s time that our economic models show us the whole thing.An urgent call from renowned Cambridge economist Sir Partha Dasgupta to transform the focus and structures of global economics, On Natural Capital is a bold and groundbreaking book that could, truly, change everything.'the most important person you've never heard of' - The New York Times'Partha Dasgupta provides the compass we urgently need… by bringing economics and ecology together, we can help save the natural world at what may be the last minute – and in doing so, save ourselves.’ - David Attenborough

'Rigorously argued and radically hopeful' - Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism'Indispensable ... resets the terms of left debate' - Jodi Dean, author of Capital's GraveCapitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. Through this system’s pursuit of profits, we have been put on a collision course with social and ecological limits that can no longer be ignored.We need an alternative. We need radical abundance. A world of human and non-human flourishing made possible by democratically planned production. But radical abundance can’t just be voted into existence through parliamentary means, it must be made by taking control of our collective reproduction in the here and now.Packed with fascinating research and real-life examples of communal planning and resistance, this book will convince you that a better future is possible, if we want it.

DET FINNS ingen nutida tänkare som så skickligt berättat om vår tid och vart vi är på väg som Naomi Klein. Hennes No Logo och Chockdoktrinen är moderna samhällsanalysklassiker och nu har hon gett sig i kast med den verkliga ödesfrågan klimatet. Världen går mot sin undergång och väldigt lite görs för att försöka undvika katastrofen. I Det här förändrar allt försöker Naomi Klein ta reda på varför. Och hon gör det genom att beskriva världen precis som den är just nu: vilka är det som bestämmer, vad bestämmer de och vad är de ute efter. Den mest avgörande insikten för både Klein och oss läsare är mötet med Stilla Havs-republiken Nauru. Det lilla örikets landmassa bestod i huvudsak av fosfor som de sålde dyrt till konstgödselindustrin. Det var deras guld, deras lycka fram till slutet av 90-talet då knappt något fanns kvar av öriket, medan havsvattennivån steg oroväckande snabbt. När öriket var som rikast, stod befolkningen på kanten till det stora gruvhålet. Naurus öde kan liknas vid en skeppsbruten som säljer sin flytväst till högstbjudande. Och det gäller inte bara Nauru. Vi gör samma sak över hela klotet. De rika blir rikare, hjulen snurrar snabbare men jorden töms, blir ett skal av halvdöd industriskog, stora öknar och döda jordar. Detta fångas i Det här förändrar allt med obönhörlig precision. Men det vore inte Naomi Klein om hon inte också lyckades inge läsaren hopp. Det är en bok som säger att den här skräckberättelsen kan få ett lyckligt slut det bestämmer vi. »Oerhört skickligt genomförd bok om klimatkrisen och kapitalismen.« DN »Den mest betydelsefulla och utmanande miljöboken sedan Tyst vår.« NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCES mean it is typically cheaper to produce electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels. Yet, around the world, the transition to green energy is happening too slowly if it is happening at all. As Brett Christophers argues, the problem is rooted in the absurdist nature of capitalist priorities: saving the planet on which our lives depend is not sufficiently profitable.

A Guardian book to look out for in 2024An insightful exploration of the nature of inequality by the internationally bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century.In his newest work, Thomas Piketty explores how social inequality manifests itself very differently depending on the society and epoch in which it arises. History and culture play a central role, inequality being strongly linked to various socio-economic, political, civilisational, and religious developments. So it is culture in the broadest sense that makes it possible to explain the diversity, extent, and structure of the social inequality that we observe every day.Piketty briefly and concisely presents a lively synthesis of his work, taking up such diverse topics as education, inheritance, taxes, and the climate crisis, and provides exciting food for thought for a highly topical debate: Does natural inequality exist?

A bold critique of conventional economics that reveals why the time and money we devote to care work is vital to our economic future.Our economy is much bigger than the dollar value of things we buy and sell. It depends on us—our health, our creativity, and our moral commitments. These capabilities don't have price tags but are crucial to a sustainable future. We need to acknowledge and reward the value of caring for ourselves and others, especially our children, our elderly, and those experiencing illness or disability.   From leading feminist economist Nancy Folbre, Making Care Work provides a compelling historical and economic account of care provision in the United States. Folbre traces the long and colorful history of resistance to bogus claims that only paid work "counts" and that employees in care services are always paid what they deserve. Explaining why care providers remain economically vulnerable today, she argues that more attention to the public benefits of care provision could help build the political coalitions needed to implement policies that put people first.  In this comprehensive and bold book, Folbre upends conventional economic thinking and maps a hopeful path toward a more equitable and sustainable economy.

Solpaneler och elbilar framställs ofta som av­görande faktorer i omställningen till ett klimat­anpassat samhälle, som om omställningen bara skulle vara en fråga om att byta teknik. Det är lätt att glömma att det faktiskt är priserna på arbete och resurser i olika delar av världen som gör solpanelerna och elbilarna möjliga till att börja med. Vi är kort sagt lika förblindade av vår teknik som av våra konsumtionsvaror. Vi ser föremålen men inte hur mycket lågavlönat arbete och skövlad natur som de står för. När vi konsumerar – alltså metaforiskt äter – varorna förtär vi andra människors livsenergi. I "Kannibalernas maskerad" anlägger human­ekologen Alf Hornborg ett antropologiskt perspektiv på hela resurs- och omställnings­problematiken och visar hur pengar och teknik i själva verket fungerar som raffinerade metoder för att tillägna sig andra människors tid och naturresurser. Både ekonomer och ingenjörer lever med den moderna synvillan att ekonomin kan bortse ifrån naturen medan tekniken handlar om fysiska ting som inget har med världssamhället att göra. Denna synvilla utmanas alltmer av antropocen – den nya tidsålder då människors verksamhet påverkar hela jordklotet. Kan vi tygla vår rovdrift på varandra och planeten genom att utforma våra pengar på nya sätt? Kan vi föreställa oss en ekonomi som tar hänsyn till människor och miljö bortom vår horisont? Kan vi genomskåda vår tids magi? Alf Hornborg är antropolog och professor i humanekologi vid Lunds universitet. Han har publicerat en rad böcker på engelska. På Daidalos har han tidigare givit ut "Myten om maskinen" (2010) och "Nollsummespelet" (2015).

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In Hot Money Naomi Klein lays out the evidence that deregulated capitalism is waging war on the climate, and shows that, in order to stop the damage, we must change everything we think about how our world is run.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

The NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist and creator of Drawdown, Paul HawkenThe dangers of climate change and a warming world have been in the public eye for fifty years. For three decades, scientists and the United Nations have urged us to address future existential threats. In Regeneration Paul Hawken has flipped the narrative, bringing people back into the conversation by demonstrating that addressing current human needs rather than future threats is the only path to solving the climate crisis.From land to ocean, food to industries - Regeneration proposes an extensive menu of actions that collectively can reverse the overheating and degradation of our planet. The solutions, techniques, and practices range from solar power, electric vehicles, and tree planting to bioregions, azolla fern and forest farms; they are all doable, science-based, and comprise a precise and unequivocal course of action.Whether you are an individual, community focused or a national government, Regeneration is a call to arms to mobilise and create a better future for ourselves on this planet.

Det är något sjukt över hur vi köper och slänger saker idag. Vi tycks köpa saker vi inte behöver för pengar vi inte har för att imponera på människor vi inte känner. Vad ligger bakom denna bulimikonsumtion av prylar, detta hetshandlande som både skadar plånboken och planeten? Och vad kan vi göra för att bryta den onda cirkeln och samtidigt rädda klimatet från överkonsumtionens effekter? I Stjärnorna ovanför Henrys hus försöker journalisten Per Grankvist att förstå hur vårt förhållande till saker förändrats sedan i mitten av 1800-talet och fram till våra dagar. Kan vi ens sluta köpa saker? Med sin förmåga att göra komplicerade saker begripliga och med sitt karaktäristiska sätt att blanda historia, vetenskap och psykologi gör Grankvist det möjligt för oss att betrakta vårt sätt att konsumera från en ny horisont. Essän är en påminnelse om några av de underläggande behov som vi försöker tillfredsställa när vi köper saker. Stjärnorna över Henrys hus kommer förändra hur du ser på din egen konsumtion och hjälpa dig att tänka annorlunda.

"There are several books on the market now that claim to take readers into the intricacies of health economics 'from first principles'. To me, this book succeeds better than any." Gavin Mooney, Honorary Professor, University of Sydney and University of Cape Town; Visiting Professor, Aarhus University, the University of New South Wales and the University of Southern Denmark

"This book would be an excellent choice for anyone wishing to be introduced to the field of health economics – it is undoubtedly the best ‘Health Economics 101’ textbook around ... There is a desperate need for a greater understanding of health economics principles among health system policy-makers, managers and researchers; this book will contribute enormously to developing such understanding." Professor Di McIntyre, South African Research Chair of Health and Wealth, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town

This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic techniques used in public health and is accessible enough for those who have no or limited knowledge of economics. Written in a user-friendly manner, the book covers key economic principles, such as supply and demand, healthcare markets, healthcare finance and economic evaluation.

The book has been thoroughly updated with new material reflecting important recent developments and policy shifts such as the rise of performance based funding in health care, the impact and cost of achieving universal health care and the growing effect of globalization and international trade on the health sector.This engaging new edition features:

Extensive use of global examples from low, middle and high income countries, real case studies and exercises to facilitate the understanding of economic conceptsA greater emphasis on the practical application of economic theories and concepts to the formulation of health policyNew chapters on macroeconomics, globalization and health and provider paymentsExtensively revised chapters on demand and supply, markets and economic evaluationIntroduction to Health Economics 2nd edition is the ideal companion text for students, public health practitioners, policy makers, managers and researchers looking for a greater understanding of health economics principles.

Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.

What if we were to put a value on nature just as we value everything else?For as long as they have existed, our economic models have served us an incomplete picture. The models and metrics tell us that our economies are healthy because they are growing. However, this doesn’t account for the fact that our growth is driven by a resource that we take for free and treat as infinite: nature. We know now, more than ever, that our demand on the natural world is unsustainable. It’s no longer sufficient to only see part of the picture; it’s time that our economic models show us the whole thing.An urgent call from renowned Cambridge economist Sir Partha Dasgupta to transform the focus and structures of global economics, On Natural Capital is a bold and groundbreaking book that could, truly, change everything.'the most important person you've never heard of' - The New York Times'Partha Dasgupta provides the compass we urgently need… by bringing economics and ecology together, we can help save the natural world at what may be the last minute – and in doing so, save ourselves.’ - David Attenborough

Stefan Krook är en av Sveriges mest inflytelserika entreprenörer med en tydlig mission: att visa att företagande kan vara en kraft för gott. Han har grundat och lett bolag som Kivra, GodEl och GodFond, där hela utdelningen går till välgörenhet, samt Flower, som driver energiomställningen framåt. Sedan 2025 är han Practitioner in Residence vid Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, där han utvecklar tankarna bakom sitt nya initiativ Laghum Economy – och sin första bok med samma namn. Med erfarenhet som kund, entreprenör, investerare och ledare vill Stefan nu utmana hur vi ser på tillväxt och visa hur marknaden kan skapa välstånd inom planetens gränser. About the book:The Laghum Economy is an entrepreneur s proposal for a liveable planet a call to rethink the rules of the market without abandoning faith in it.With clarity and hope, this book unpacks the complexity of the sustainability challenge and offers a practical path forward. At the heart is the idea of a Laghum economy – a new form of mixed economy where the free market remains the engine of prosperity, while the state ensures that the rules of the game are sustainable by setting the right incentives. That way, innovation and growth can unfold within planetary boundaries.The idea of putting a price on nature is not new. What is new is the urgency and the scale required, and the way Stefan Krook demonstrates how it could be implemented.This book is only available in English.

A panoramic history of America’s first climate migrantsFrom the mid-nineteenth century through the dust bowl years of the Great Depression, a new kind of migrant worker became a familiar sight in communities across America. The Hobo traces the journeys of these homeless men and women, showing how hobo work was an adaptation to energy transitions and a harsh and unpredictable climate, and how the hobo played a central role in the histories of industrialization and westward expansion.Challenging common depictions of the hobo as a world-weary, bearded man in ragged clothes, Robert Suits reveals how these wandering laborers were often fastidious and heartbreakingly young. Forever on the move due to economic hardship and climate disaster, they chased harvests and took seasonal jobs in industries like logging and mining. Too often they couldn’t find employment at all. Suits describes the difficult, dangerous, and highly unstable jobs they worked while shedding light on the hobo life and philosophy, from their techniques for stowing away on railroads to their unique blend of socialist, anarchist, and anti-work thought. He traces the emergence of the hobo to the advent of steam and the need for manual laborers in places where this new technology couldn’t reach and describes how a growing reliance on the internal combustion engine brought an end to hobo work.Drawing on oral histories, environmental data, and cutting-edge digital methods, The Hobo paints an unforgettable portrait of an eclectic group of wandering radicals, troublemakers, poets, and writers, demonstrating how their experiences upend some of our basic assumptions about how environments and technologies shape society.

Att förhindra omfattande klimatförändringar och en ekologisk kollaps samtidigt som miljarder människor ska lyftas ur fattigdom ställer nya krav på ekonomin. Boken presenterar de planetära gränserna, Agenda 2030, miljöekonomi och ekologisk ekonomi. Kopplingen mellan ekonomisk tillväxt och hållbar utveckling diskuteras liksom aktuell forskning om resiliens, socialt kapital och entreprenörskap.Hållbar utveckling och ekonomi - inom planetens gränser vänder sig till dig som studerar på utbildningar inom ekonomi, miljövetenskap och utvecklingsstudier samt till andra som är intresserade av ekonomins roll i arbetet mot en hållbar utveckling. Boken inleds med ett förord av Johan Rockström, professor i miljövetenskap, tidigare chef för SEI och Stockholm Resilience Centre. I dag är han chef för Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

Discover and define a new relationship between humanity and nature In Generation Restoration: How to Fix Our Relationship Crisis with Mother Nature Vice President of Climate Action at Salesforce, Tim Christophersen, delivers a clarion call for a new kind of global ecological literacy. You'll discover how we can reset our relationship with nature, conceiving of ourselves as an integral part of it, rather than apart from it. The book explains how we can change the way we interact with the world around us and rapidly increase the effectiveness of all “green” initiatives. It's filled with stories and case studies of environmental success stories and failures from around the globe. Inside the book: A recipe for a simple—but profound—shift in the way we view nature and the role of human beings within itHow to resist the impulses towards doom and despair and choose hope insteadThe lessons we can learn from Indigenous peoples around the world, who understand important and obvious lessons about nature that have escaped other societiesPerfect for anyone interested in the future of our planet and our species, Generation Restoration is an inspiring and eye-opening discussion of an issue that's critical to all our survival and wellbeing.

Rapid economic development has been a boon to human well-being. It has lifted millions out of poverty, raised standards of living, and increased life expectancies. But economic development comes at a significant cost to natural capital--the fertile soils, forests, coastal marshes, farmland--that support all life on earth, including our own. The dilemma of our times is to figure out how to improve the human condition without destroying nature's. If ecosystems collapse, so eventually will human civilization. One answer is inclusive green growth--the efficient use of natural resources. Inclusive green growth minimizes pollution and strengthens communities against natural disasters while reducing poverty through improved access to health, education, and services. Its genius lies in working with nature rather than against it.Green Growth That Works is the first practical guide to bring together pragmatic finance and policy tools that can make investment in natural capital both attractive and commonplace. The authors present six mechanisms that demonstrate a range of approaches used around the globe to conserve and restore earth's myriad ecosystems, including: Government subsidiesRegulatory-driven mitigationVoluntary conservationWater fundsMarket-based transactionsBilateral and multilateral paymentsThrough a series of real-world case studies, the book addresses questions such as: How can we channel economic incentives to make conservation and restoration desirable? What approaches have worked best? How can governments, businesses, NGOs, and individuals work together successfully?Pioneered by leading scholars from the Natural Capital Project, this valuable compendium of proven techniques can guide agencies and organizations eager to make green growth work anywhere in the world.

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WORLD IS FLATWe all sense it: something big is going on. Life is speeding up, and it is dizzying. Here Thomas L. Friedman reveals the tectonic movements that are reshaping our world, how to adapt to this new age and why, sometimes, we all need to be late.'A master class ... As a guide for perplexed Westerners, this book is very hard to beat ... an honest, cohesive explanation for why the world is the way it is, without miracle cures or scapegoats' John Micklethwait, The New York Times Book Review'Wonderful ... admirably honest ... injects a badly needed dose of optimism into the modern debate' Gillian Tett, Financial Times'His main piece of advice for individuals, corporations, and countries is clear: Take a deep breath and adapt. This world isn't going to wait for you' Fortune'A humane and empathetic book' David Henkin, The Washington Post

‘Original and thought provoking’ Gordon Brown‘Challenging and hopeful: a groundbreaking guide to the future’ Valerie Amos To thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way. And start adapting, now. We all know there are major, overlapping, global crises ahead of humanity: climate change, mass migration, new warfare, big tech, further pandemics, authoritarian capitalism. Rather than be daunted, this book charts a way that we can respond. With expertise from his work at the highest levels of international politics, education, activism and business, Tom Fletcher offers a practical manifesto that can help us transform the way we learn, live, and work together.Amongst its key survival skills, this book offers ideas on how we renew education, restore society and reimagine the future. It helps us chart a course to take back control, to find purpose, and to become better ancestors. It helps us to learn the language of technology – without thinking like computers. It offers 39 steps that each of us can start to take today to boost our survivability.Vital, practical and accessible, this is a book about how we can anticipate the threats and opportunities of tomorrow and be ready for them – individually and collectively.

A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuriesThe world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton—one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty—tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind.Deaton describes vast innovations and wrenching setbacks: the successes of antibiotics, pest control, vaccinations, and clean water on the one hand, and disastrous famines and the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the other. He examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality. He also considers how economic growth in India and China has improved the lives of more than a billion people. Deaton argues that international aid has been ineffective and even harmful. He suggests alternative efforts—including reforming incentives to drug companies and lifting trade restrictions—that will allow the developing world to bring about its own Great Escape.Demonstrating how changes in health and living standards have transformed our lives, The Great Escape is a powerful guide to addressing the well-being of all nations.

'Hands-down the best book yet on the Green New Deal' - Jason HickelThe idea of a Green New Deal was launched into popular consciousness by US Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018. It has become a watchword in the current era of global climate crisis. But what - and for whom - is the Green New Deal?In this concise and urgent book, Max Ajl provides an overview of the various mainstream Green New Deals. Critically engaging with their proponents, ideological underpinnings and limitations, he goes on to sketch out a radical alternative: a 'People's Green New Deal' committed to decommodification, working-class power, anti-imperialism and agro-ecology.Ajl diagnoses the roots of the current socio-ecological crisis as emerging from a world-system dominated by the logics of capitalism and imperialism. Resolving this crisis, he argues, requires nothing less than an infrastructural and agricultural transformation in the Global North, and the industrial convergence between North and South. As the climate crisis deepens and the literature on the subject grows, A People's Green New Deal contributes a distinctive perspective to the debate.

As humanity sits at an existential crossroads, this book introduces the need to build a nature-positive future to secure the functioning and stability of Earth systems essential to the survival and wellbeing of present and future human generations as well as the rest of Earth's amazing diversity of life.Alongside the change in climate, a more silent but equally terrifying crisis is unfolding: the loss of nature and biodiversity. These twin crises are in fact interconnected. After decades of ignoring our impacts on the natural world, we are beginning to realise that nature conservation is a security issue for humanity, and an imperative for intersectional and intergenerational justice. For these reasons, we must embrace a transition from a nature-negative to a nature-positive society, one that ensures human development and addresses today’s inequality, while conserving, restoring and sustainably benefiting from nature's resources and services. A Nature Positive future is one with more nature than today: more forests, more fish, more pollinators, more soil biodiversity, with benefits for the Planet and for us. In this book we define what becoming Nature Positive means from a variety of perspectives, what it takes to deliver it and why it is possible and, most importantly, necessary.This book is essential reading for those concerned with conserving nature and securing a safe future for humanity in the face of climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and ecological collapse. The future can be bright. The choice is ours.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND) 4.0 license.

From a renowned pioneer of the anti-globalization movement, a primer on working towards a localized worldFrom disappearing livelihoods to financial instability, from climate chaos to an epidemic of depression, we face crises on a number of seemingly unrelated fronts.  This well-referenced book traces the common roots of these problems in a globalized economy that is incompatible with life on a finite planet. But Local is Our Future does more than just describe the problem: it describes the policy shifts and grassroots steps – many of them already underway around the world – that can move us towards the local and, thereby, towards a better world.

Human capital theory, or the notion that there is a direct relationship between educational investment and individual and national prosperity, has dominated public policy on education and labor for the past fifty years. In The Death of Human Capital?, Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and Sin Yi Cheung argue that the human capital story is one of false promise: investing in learning isn't the road to higher earnings and national prosperity. Rather than abandoning human capital theory, however, the authors redefine human capital in an age of smart machines. They present a new human capital theory that rejects the view that automation and AI will result in the end of waged work, but see the fundamental problem as a lack of quality jobs offering interesting, worthwhile, and rewarding opportunities. A controversial challenge to the reigning ideology, The Death of Human Capital? connects with a growing sense that capitalism is in crisis, felt by students and the wider workforce, shows what's at stake in the new human capital while offering hope for the future.