5 Questions
What is the main focus of a political economy approach?
Control of money and power within a society
What is the rationale behind the market-oriented distribution of pollution?
Efficiency in distributing pollution
What kind of relationship to nature justifies the unequal exposure to pollution based on economic status?
Exploitative
What does a political economy approach argue creates environmental problems?
Structure of the economy and power relations within it
What does the market-oriented distribution focused on efficiency often lead to?
Less equitable exposure of different social and economic groups to pollution
Test your knowledge of political economy concepts related to under-pollution, labor, accumulation, crisis production, global capitalism, uneven development, social reproduction, and nature. Explore the strange logic of 'under-pollution' and market-oriented distribution of pollution.
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