This book presents economic policies to combat the challenges posed by financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis. How the role of the markets, the state, and social cohesion have come into question is explored, alongside broader issues, such as inequality. Particular attention is given to policies relating to the funding and financing of investment to confront the climate emergency, enhancing productivity and technical innovation, the significance of the commons in the context of the state, and macroeconomic policies to underpin sustainability. This book aims to present a framework for a sustainable future, with policy suggestions that promote both environmental and economic sustainability. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the political economy and sustainable development.

Examines economic and social policies which can help secure an environmentally and socially sustainable future Proposes wide range of economic and social policies that are inclusive and in line with Sustainable Development Goals Explores technological development and how it can be utilised to solve global challenges

Autorentext

Philip Arestis is Professor at the University of Cambridge and the University of the Basque Country. Malcolm Sawyer is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Leeds.

Inhalt

1. The recent global crises and economic policies for future durable recovery.- 2. State capitalism, government and central bank responses to COVID-19.- 3. Law and (un)sustainability in the age of the Anthropocene.- 4. Re-thinking macroeconomics after the COVID-19 pandemic.- 5. Productivity, innovation, and sustainability.- 6. Combining short-term economic recovery with long-term sustainability.- 7. Creating Local Sustainability Transitions: Finance, Citizen Participation and the Multi-scalar Governance Challenges of Municipal Energy Transition <p