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NationofChange The issues inherent in the climate crisis as well as the solutions are complex, but Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin do an excellent job of presenting a clear and actionable analysis of both. If you are looking for a solution based, well thought out approach to the biggest existential threat to humanity today, this book is a must-read. In this month’s BookClub Pick, Noam Chomsky, the world’s leading public intellectual, and Robert Pollin, a renowned progressive economist, map out the catastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change—and present a realistic b...

Jared Murphy / 90.5 WESA Although President Joe Biden’s actions on climate change have stirred anxieties about job loss in energy-producing states like Pennsylvania, a new report predicts that plans like Biden’s could create roughly a quarter-million jobs annually in the Commonwealth. And within hours after the report's release, local officials announced a small but symbolic down payment on green energy investment. The 243,000 clean-energy jobs that could be created each year over the next decade in Pennsylvania "are jobs across the board,” said Robert Pollin, a professor at the Un...

Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Is a Vital Beginning for a New New Deal President Biden has released an economic plan to combat COVID-19 and get the country back on track which, according to many analysts, is inspired by FDR’s New Deal. Lauren Walker / Truthout; Adapted: JIM WATSON / AFP via Getty Images, Hulton Archive By In his first three days in office, President Joe Biden signed no less than 30 executive orders and memorandums, many of which dismantle Trump’s policies. This is an impressive achievement by any standard, but only so much can be done with executive orders and...

Guest: Robert Pollin is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He is author of several books, his latest co-author with Noam Chomsky is   II – The Effects of the Financial Regulations of the Last Four Years and the Challenges for the New Administration. Guest:

The pandemic had one good effect. It sidelined a lot of bad economic thinking.