
Climate Politics with Kate Aronoff
The Dig
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Climate Change and the Demand for Full Employment
The green new deal is fundamentally about using government to democratically re direct what the economy produces. And that includes not only what sort of workpeople do, but everyone's right to a job. The demand for full employment was once very standard in left liberal politics during the long new deal era. How did that all come to an end under jimmy carter? And why do we need to bring full employment back to the political main stream to address climate change?
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