Disastrous Climate Change and Capital's Failures
My master's dissertation, arguing that the capitalist system causes, perpetuates, and ultimately fails to address climate change. Working through anthropogenic sea-level rise and the corporate, market-based "solutions" offered in response, it draws on Marxist theory of capital and nature/society relations to argue that environmental and social degradation are fundamental to capital itself, and confronting climate change requires frameworks built outside its logic of limitless growth.
↓ Read the full paper (PDF)Cite asMacLeod, Jason D. "Disastrous Climate Change and Capital's Failures." MSc Dissertation · University of Oxford · Nature, Society & Environmental Policy. Available at https://www.jasondmacleod.com/writing/climate-change-capitals-failures/