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Robert Pollin
Robert Pollin is an American economist and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is founding co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI).
The so-called āInflation Reduction Actā will have a positive affect on the climate crisis, but it does not phase out fossil fuel…
The global climate crisis is spinning out of control
We absolutely cannot allow neoliberalism to bask in a new wave of legitimacy in the name of fighting inflation
Crucially, there is widespread understanding of the measures that can be take, quite realistically, to avert impending disaster and move on to a much better world
The voice within had some nice words but little substance. In the streets, tens of thousands of protesters, mostly young, were desperately calling for real steps to save the world from looming catastrophe
High oil prices and supply chain disruption are driving inflation, not workersā modest wage increases or government debt
Turning to the U.S., a mere 60 percent of voters regard global warming as an urgent problem for government. It is only the most urgent problem that humans have ever faced
It looks like thereās not much left of Bidenās climate legislation as he heads to Glasgow planning to lecture China and the world. What should he be doing about the climate crisis?