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A World to Win: The Folly of Green Capitalism w/ Adrienne Buller

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4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week, Grace speaks to Adrienne Buller, author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. They discuss what "green capitalism" actually is, how it is being embedded in international law, whether or not it is an inherently anti-democratic movement, and how it is linked to issues today like the cost-of-living crisis.


A World to Win is a podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory, and action with guests from around the world. Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.



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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of A Well To Win. This week I'm speaking to the

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brilliant Adrian Biller about her book The Value of a Whale on the Illusions of Green

0:22.4

Capitalism. We talk about everything from what green capitalism actually is through to

0:28.8

how it is being embedded in international law, ask whether or not it is a kind of inherently

0:35.6

anti-democratic movement, and how it is linked to the problems that we're facing today

0:42.0

in terms of the cost of living crisis. Thank you as always to all of our amazing patrons

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who make this show possible. If you do not already support us on Patreon, then please consider

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doing so. I know times are tough for people, but if you can spare the cash, then please

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do consider supporting us at patreon.com slash a Well To Win pod. There's a link in the

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description. If you can't afford to support us and you'd like to support the show in

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another way, please just consider sharing this episode or another episode on social media,

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tagging at a Well To Win pod on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Now a quick word from our sponsor

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