{"product_id":"the-blue-commons-rescuing-the-economy-of-the-sea-paperback","title":"The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuy Standing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exposé of the plunder of the world's oceans, and the devastating economic and environmental impact this is having across the globe \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sea provides more than half the oxygen we breathe, food for billions of people and livelihoods for hundreds of millions. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But giant corporations are plundering the world's oceans, aided by global finance and complicit states, following the neoliberal maxim of Blue Growth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The situation is dire: rampant exploitation and corruption now drive all aspects of the ocean economy, destroying communities, intensifying inequalities, and driving fish populations and other ocean life towards extinction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Commons \u003c\/i\u003eis an urgent call for change, from a campaigning economist responsible for some of the most innovative solutions to inequality of recent times. From large nations bullying smaller nations into giving up eco-friendly fishing policies to the profiteering by the Crown Estate in commandeering much of the British seabed, the scale of the global problem is synthesized here for the first time, as well as a toolkit for all of us to rise up and tackle it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The oceans have been left out of calls for a Green New Deal but must be at the center of the fight against climate change. How do we do it? By building a Blue Commons alternative: a transformative worldview and new set of proposals that prioritize the historic rights of local communities, the wellbeing of all people and, with it, the health of our oceans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A landmark book... \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Commons\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a brilliant synthesis, a searing analysis, and an inspiring call to action.' - David Bollier, author, \u003ci\u003eThink Like a Commoner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'With remarkable erudition, passion and lyricism, Guy Standing commands the reader to wake up to the threat posed by rentier capitalism's violent policies for extraction, exploitation and depletion of that which is both common to us all, but also vital to our survival: the sea and all within it.' - Ann Pettifor, author, \u003ci\u003e The Case for the Green New Deal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'This is a powerful, visionary book - essential reading for all who yearn for a better world.' - Jason Hickel, author, \u003ci\u003e The Divide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Standing\u003c\/b\u003e has held professorships at Bath, London and Monash Universities, was a program director in the UN's International Labour Organisation and has advised many international bodies and governments on social and economic policies. He co-founded the Basic Income Earth Network and is now its co-president. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Precariat: The New Dangerous Class\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eBasic Income: And How We Can Make it Happen \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) and \u003ci\u003ePlunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth \u003c\/i\u003e(2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.2 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53469358817587,"sku":"9780241475881","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/FcopAzPF0K9780241475881.webp?v=1782868516","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blue-commons-rescuing-the-economy-of-the-sea-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}