A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022 'A landmark book...
The Blue Commons is at once a brilliant synthesis, a searing
analysis, and an inspiring call to action.' - David Bollier 'With
remarkable erudition, passion and lyricism, Guy Standing commands
the reader to wake up to the threat posed by rentier capitalism's
violent policies for extraction, exploitation and depletion of that
which is both common to us all, but also vital to our survival: the
sea and all within it.' - Ann Pettifor 'Shines a bright light on
the economy of the oceans, directing us brilliantly towards where a
sustainable future lies.' - Danny Dorling 'This is a powerful,
visionary book - essential reading for all who yearn for a better
world.' - Jason Hickel The sea provides more than half the oxygen
we breathe, food for billions of people and livelihoods for
hundreds of millions. But giant corporations are plundering the
world's oceans, aided by global finance and complicit states,
following the neoliberal maxim of Blue Growth. The situation is
dire: rampant exploitation and corruption now drive all aspects of
the ocean economy, destroying communities, intensifying
inequalities, and driving fish populations and other ocean life
towards extinction. The Blue Commons is an urgent call for change,
from a campaigning economist responsible for some of the most
innovative solutions to inequality of recent times. From large
nations bullying smaller nations into giving up eco-friendly
fishing policies to the profiteering by the Crown Estate in
commandeering much of the British seabed, the scale of the global
problem is synthesised here for the first time, as well as a
toolkit for all of us to rise up and tackle it. The oceans have
been left out of calls for a Green New Deal but must be at the
centre of the fight against climate change. How do we do it? By
building a Blue Commons alternative: a transformative worldview and
new set of proposals that prioritise the historic rights of local
communities, the wellbeing of all people and, with it, the health
of our oceans.
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