Ecological Economics ( IF 7 ) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107353 Anders Fremstad , Mark Paul
Activists and scholars increasingly blame neoliberalism for the failure to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but there is insufficient research that investigates the theoretical link between neoliberalism and climate paralysis. This paper seeks to fill that gap by presenting a coherent account of how neoliberal ideology has constrained policies to address climate change in the United States. As motivation, we first present evidence suggesting more neoliberal countries perform worse in addressing climate change. We then analyze how three tenets of neoliberal ideology—to decentralize democracy, defund public investment, and deregulate the economy—have stymied climate action in the United States. Finally, we discuss the Green New Deal as a decisively anti-neoliberal framework that seeks to wield the power of the federal government to pursue large-scale public investments and binding climate regulations for rapid decarbonization.
中文翻译:
新自由主义与气候变化:自由市场神话如何阻碍气候行动
活动家和学者越来越多地指责新自由主义未能大幅减少温室气体排放,但研究新自由主义与气候瘫痪之间的理论联系的研究不足。本文试图通过对新自由主义意识形态如何限制美国应对气候变化的政策进行连贯的描述来填补这一空白。作为动机,我们首先提出证据表明更多的新自由主义国家在应对气候变化方面表现更差。然后,我们分析了新自由主义意识形态的三个原则——分散民主、取消公共投资和放松对经济的管制——如何阻碍美国的气候行动。最后,