Economic inequality, the environmental crisis and the climate crisis
are systemically linked. Accordingly, they should be understood as a
single, interconnected system and strategies for resolving them should
be guided by this understanding. This book demonstrates how the Green
New Deal and its systemic alternative, the Red New Deal, could
influence the course of these three global crises, all within the
context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The author has developed
several scenarios that are relevant to the automation that will result
from advances in artificial intelligence and intelligent robots. The
first is one of mass unemployment, while the second envisages low
rates of unemployment, although workers will experience stagnation and
then a decline in their wages. It is possible to envisage a different
set of scenarios; however, we must replace the capitalist economic
model with a different model: mutualism, a sustainable model that
would allow for economic growth while also addressing the three
current systemic crises. The author argues that if such a model is
implemented, there will be jobs for everyone and the climate crisis
will be tackled because people’s welfare will be prioritized over
profit. We can assert that such a model will foster the development of
economic equality. The basic premise of this mutual and sustainable
economic model is that sustainability is in everyone’s interests.
The book employs not only established and innovative methods, such as
literature reviews, scenario thinking and historical methods, to
underpin its arguments, but also conceptual generalization as an
intellectual tool to tackle the general research problem; thus, it
will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of
sustainability and the innovation economy.
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Tackling the Inequality, Climate and Biodiversity Crises
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781040008744
Publisert
2024
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Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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