The green new deal is painted as an unaffordable far left pipe dream. It has been politically maligned to preserve the status quo at a time when we know that establishment economists have got all climate breakdown projections completely wrong… So surely the question we should be asking is simple: how much is it going to cost us not to do this? Host Ross Ashcroft is joined by author and economist Ann Pettifor to discuss.
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