Economics

A fascinating investigation into how people around the globe are cashing in on a warming world. McKenzie Funk has spent the last six years reporting around the world on how we are preparing for a warmer planet.

An expansive, far-ranging exploration that sees the battle for a greener world as indistinguishable from the fight for our lives, On Fire captures the burning urgency of the climate crisis, as well as the fiery energy of a rising political movement demanding a catalytic Green New Deal.

Helm shows why the commonly held view that environmental protection poses obstacles to economic progress is false, and he explains why the environment must be at the very core of economic planning.

Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the expansion of the world’s middle class through globalization have produced a dangerously unstable planet. In this edition, he also shows how the very habits that led us to ravage the natural world led to the meltdown of the financial markets and the Great Recession. 

The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history. Those alive today will decide the fate of humanity. The leaders of the most powerful state in human history are dedicating themselves to destroying the prospects for organized human life. At the same time, there is a solution, which is the Green New Deal. 

Klein really means what her title says. In this searing critique of our current economic arrangement, she connects the dots among capitalism, racial justice, economic inequality, and climate. She also devastates the idea that dimming the sun will somehow save us.