‘Snap back' or ‘press on': from the current crisis to a Green New Deal?
Journal of Australian Political Economy
2020
85
219-228
epidemic disease ; environmental protection ; sustainable development ; economic policy ; structural change
Economic development
English
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"‘Never let a crisis go to waste' is a familiar theme. Capitalists can be expected to grasp any opportunities to drive political economic changes conducive to capital accumulation and increased wealth concentration. Just as predictably, their ideological supporters justify this as necessary for re-invigorating the job-generating and want-satisfying ‘free-enterprise' economy. Crises have always provided these opportunities for structural and policy changes that serve the dominant political economic interests."
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