David Layfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 992912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Layfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Layfield |
| SIGNATURE | LAYFIELD D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Turning carbon into gold: The Financialisation of International Climate Policy
Climate policy is undergoing a process of financialisation. The development of carbon markets around the world has seen the creation of new ranges of essentially financial products, the trading of which is purported to be an effective means to reduce carbon emissions. There are, however, good reasons to doubt the effectiveness of carbon markets in reducing carbon emissions. I highlight the distance between carbon traders and the ‘real’ environmen…
The International Political Economy of Work and Employability , by Phoebe Moore
The Trouble With Capitalism , by Harry Shutt
Harry Shutt The Trouble With Capitalism, Zed Books: London, 2009, 237 pp: 9781848134225 14.99 [pounds sterling] (pbk) In this contribution to the critical financial histories of our times, Harry Shutt explains why he thinks the current crisis may be the end for capitalism as we know it. The book opens with brief chapters sketching the history of capitalism up to the Second World War, followed by a sketch of the workings of the western economies s…
International policy on climate change: After Kyoto, what next
Post-Kyoto international climate policy by Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, xxvii + 182 pp., index, £19.99 (paperback), ISBN 9780521138000 The econ
New politics or environmental class struggle
The expansion of capitalism into new places and new activities has encountered various forms of resistance around the world. It is argued that this opposition represents a form of environmental class struggle. Such a struggle involves the refusal of integration of both people and environment into capital's social relations. Such struggles are undertaken by those whose way of life and labour are being proletarianised by capital's expansion. As suc…
Turning carbon into gold: The Financialisation of International Climate Policy
Climate policy is undergoing a process of financialisation. The development of carbon markets around the world has seen the creation of new ranges of essentially financial products, the trading of which is purported to be an effective means to reduce carbon emissions. There are, however, good reasons to doubt the effectiveness of carbon markets in reducing carbon emissions. I highlight the distance between carbon traders and the ‘real’ environmen…
New politics or environmental class struggle
The expansion of capitalism into new places and new activities has encountered various forms of resistance around the world. It is argued that this opposition represents a form of environmental class struggle. Such a struggle involves the refusal of integration of both people and environment into capital's social relations. Such struggles are undertaken by those whose way of life and labour are being proletarianised by capital's expansion. As suc…
New politics or environmental class struggle
The expansion of capitalism into new places and new activities has encountered various forms of resistance around the world. It is argued that this opposition represents a form of environmental class struggle. Such a struggle involves the refusal of integration of both people and environment into capital's social relations. Such struggles are undertaken by those whose way of life and labour are being proletarianised by capital's expansion. As suc…
International policy on climate change: After Kyoto, what next
Post-Kyoto international climate policy by Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, xxvii + 182 pp., index, £19.99 (paperback), ISBN 9780521138000 The econ
The International Political Economy of Work and Employability , by Phoebe Moore
The Trouble With Capitalism , by Harry Shutt
Harry Shutt The Trouble With Capitalism, Zed Books: London, 2009, 237 pp: 9781848134225 14.99 [pounds sterling] (pbk) In this contribution to the critical financial histories of our times, Harry Shutt explains why he thinks the current crisis may be the end for capitalism as we know it. The book opens with brief chapters sketching the history of capitalism up to the Second World War, followed by a sketch of the workings of the western economies s…
Turning carbon into gold: The Financialisation of International Climate Policy
Climate policy is undergoing a process of financialisation. The development of carbon markets around the world has seen the creation of new ranges of essentially financial products, the trading of which is purported to be an effective means to reduce carbon emissions. There are, however, good reasons to doubt the effectiveness of carbon markets in reducing carbon emissions. I highlight the distance between carbon traders and the ‘real’ environmen…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Capital accumulation (2 works) · Capitalism (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (2 works) · Climate policy (2 works)