Talking Shop

Christopher Dent is an international political economist who has been observing how international institutions have talked the neo-liberal language on climate change, energy and environment for the past few decades.  The latest initiative is border tax adjustments, a standard, so-called market-based instrument being pushed by the European Union.

The Mint caught up with Christopher between his return from China and a break in Ireland to find out whether this idea was generating more heat than light and what the real solutions might look like.

Read the transcript here.

Christopher Dent

Christopher is Professor in Economics and International Business at Edge Hill University, where he also is Leader of SustainNET – a network community seeking to advance the sustainability agenda. His main …

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