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Podcast 126 - Cops And Robbers In The Climate Crisis

Socialist correspondent

Published
March 18, 2025
Duration
15:04
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Last updated
Jul 5, 2026

Discusses State intervention and planning are not capitalism’s preferred ways of working, yet the need for sta…

Summary

State intervention and planning are not capitalism’s preferred ways of working, yet the need for state and globally agreed action is essential to tackling global warming. Yet if there is no viable planet then there is no capitalism either. Could this existential threat force capitalism to deal with the climate crisis? Having posed the question and put for…

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State intervention and planning are not capitalism’s preferred ways of working, yet the need for state and globally agreed action is essential to tackling global warming. Yet if there is no viable planet then there is no capitalism either. Could this existential threat force capitalism to deal with the climate crisis? Having posed the question and put forward demands for achieving progress, we certainly shouldn’t just wait for this to happen, nor can we afford to wait for socialism to rescue us