This major synoptic work explores some of the most important questions facing humanity in the coming generations. It is remarkable for its author s holistic treatment of the environment and social justice as inescapably related questions; his refusal to analyze the industrialized and developing countries as though they are so different that any understanding of the one can ignore the other; and his integrity in exploring difficult and controversial questions from a stance that always addresses the evidence, even if that leads to conclusions that are not currently fashionable.
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Ist eine okologisch nachhaltige Gesellschaft innerhalb der Grenzen des kapitalistischen Wirtschaftssystems denkbar? Heute befindet sich die Weltwirtschaft insgesamt im Zangengriff von immer knapper werdenden Ressourcen, vor allem fossiler Energie, einerseits, und einer umfassenden Biospharenkrise andererseits. Sarkar entlarvt alle Versprechungen, mit technischen Losungen (Effizienz, erneuerbare Energien etc.) ein "Weiter so" zu garantieren, als Illusion. Wir werden in Zukunft mit wesentlich weniger Nettoenergie auskommen mussen. Die Okonomie wird bis zu einem Zustand des stabilen...

For nearly 300 years, capitalism propelled the world's most successful economies to new heights of development. But a spate of global environmental disasters and severe economic crises compels thinkers to question whether the system continues to function. Leveraging historical perspective, extensive research, and case studies, The Crises of Capitalism builds a compelling argument that challenges the most fundamental assumptions of prevailing economic theory.

Saral Sarkar exposes capitalism's flaws through the lens of ecosocialism, a philosophy that asserts that natural resources...