This Changes Everything, by Naomi Klein

Abstract

This Changes Everything, written by Naomi Klein, is an influential book on the biggest issue the world faces: human-created climate change. This book review presents the main arguments of this brilliant contribution. Klein argues that saying no to the powerful interests stopping us from stopping climate change is not enough but that both a “comprehensive vision” and “serious political strategies for how to achieve those goals” are needed. The book review discusses with some detail the tensions in Klein's ideas with respect to those political strategies.

Key Words:

• Climate Change
• Economics
• Environmental Politics
• Naomi Klein
• Social Movements

Acknowledgments

I thank Zoe Sherman, Anders Fremstad, Ian Seda-Irizarry, and Oralia Gómez-Ramírez for their valuable comments. The usual disclaimers apply.