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Re:JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to hum... by chiefalchemist on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:12PM (#22389157)
A few weeks ago I read Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything." She specifically mentions how the bailout - after the 2008 crash - was a missed opportunity; that WS' behavior could been nudged or more. Given what was at risk, it's difficult to disagree.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/22/this-changes-e...

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Re:JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to hum... by Melting_Harps on Saturday February 22, 2020 @02:27AM (#22389850)
> I read Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything.

The The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is another insightful book of hers, I highly recommend it, it was written in 2008 as the financial crisis happened: https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitali...

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