The Political Economy of Electricity: Progressive Capitalism and the Struggle to Build a Sustainable Power Sector

Providing critical insights that will interest readers ranging from economists to environmentalists, policymakers, and politicians, this book analyzes the economics and technology trends involved in the dilemma of decarbonization and addresses why aggressive policy is required in a capitalist political economy to create a sea change away from fossil fuels.

The environmental damage across the globe is a result of the success of capitalist industrialism—250 years of carbon pollution resulting ...