Is socialism the answer to the climate catastrophe? | Jeff Sparrow

Our leaders privilege GDP over the environment because the economy must expand year after year – or else the world tips into crisis
A spectre (or, if you prefer the earlier translation, a “frightful hobgoblin”) is haunting Europe – and, indeed, much of the world.This new, socialistic bogey has been shaking its chains at pollsters for some years now. Continue reading...