Adrienne Buller

This book shows that beyond the fossil fuel industry, it is the lesser-known but vastly more powerful world of asset managers and shadow banking which is inhibiting our ability to pursue climate and environmental justice. Those with the influence to effect global change increasingly see commodifying nature as the only way to do so.

Why Nature Must Be Freed from Finance

How to Value the Earth

Mathew Lawrence

A radical manifesto for the transformation of post-pandemic politics The question of ownership is the critical fault line of our times. During the pandemic this issue has only become more divisive. Since March 2020 we have witnessed the extraordinary growth of asset manager capitalism and the explosive concentration of wealth within the hands of the already super-rich. This new oligarchy controls every part of our social and economics lives. In the face of crisis, the authors warn that mere redistribution within current forms of ownership is not enough; our goal must be to go beyond the limits of the current system, dominated by private enclosure and unequal ownership. Only by reimagining how our economy is owned and by whom can we address the crises of our time - from the fallout of the pandemic to ecological collapse - at their roots. Building from this insight, the authors argue the systemic change we need hinges on a new era of democratic ownership: a reinvention of the firm as a vehicle for collective endeavour and meeting social needs. Against the new oligarchy of the platform giants, a digital commons that uses our data for collective good, not private profit. In place of environmental devastation, a new agenda of decommodification - of both nature and needs - with a Green New Deal and collective stewardship of the planet’s natural wealth. Together, these proposals offer a road map to owning the future, and building a better world.

Power and Property in an Age of Crisis

Owning the Future

Adrienne Buller esamina i modelli che hanno definito la risposta delle istituzioni al collasso climatico e ambientale e si chiede: sono davvero soluzioni? Tracciando le intricate connessioni tra potere finanziario e crisi ecologica, Buller mette a nudo l’economicismo miope e incentrato sul mercato che sta minando il nostro futuro. Siamo guidati da una logica autodistruttiva, basata su una crescente influenza del settore finanziario sulla politica ambientale e su una conseguente creazione di nuove opportunità di profitto, dai mercati della compensazione alla “crescita verde” alla diffusa mercificazione della natura.Per una reale salvezza del pianeta, l’economia dovrà cambiare approccio, abbandonando la visione miope della crescita senza compromessi e del guadagno a tutti i costi, e mettendosi al servizio di un vero progetto di rinnovamento, che affronti disuguaglianze e ingiustizie.

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