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“A carefully researched work of intellectual history, and an urgently needed political analysis.” –Jane Mayer “[A] scorching indictment of free market fundamentalism … and how we can change, before it’s too late.”-Esquire, Best Books of Winter 2023 The bestselling authors … Continue reading →

Thom Hartmann Program Feb 20, 2023 #MoreFromThom Do YOU Believe? You may not know it…but you’ve been sold a BIG lie… How and when did corporate America propagate the myth of the free market and exploitation of workers. Politicians used … Continue reading →

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies May 3, 2016 Polls show that citizens around the globe overwhelmingly accept the scientific evidence that our climate is changing for reasons that are largely human-caused, but our political leadership lags behind. On the … Continue reading →

Politics and Prose Feb 23, 2023 The Big Myth is a sweeping history of another disastrous and all-consuming belief that has had a grip on the American public for decades: “the magic of the marketplace.” How did so many Americans … Continue reading →

The Climate Pod – Jun 5, 2021 #climatechange #exxon #oreskes #shell #merchantsofdoubt Last week, we saw massive news break for some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies. ExxonMobil was one of the companies that received backlash for climate inaction and … Continue reading →

http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176627/ mate Change Posted by Naomi Oreskes at 4:25pm, November 10, 2019. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Today’s author, Naomi Oreskes, who’s done yeoman’s work on climate-change issues over the years, has a new book, Why … Continue reading →

David Wallace-Wells On September 23, the United Nations opened its Climate Action Summit here in New York, three days after the Global Climate Strike, led by Greta Thunberg, swept through thousands of cities worldwide. To mark the occasion, Intelligencer is … Continue reading →

greenmanbucket Published on Apr 23, 2016 Harvard Science Historian Naomi Oreskes in an interview from 2014. Discussing the Tobacco gambit, how an industry selling a poisonous product kept the public confused, and government impotent, for 50 years.

John Cook Published on Apr 23, 2012 Naomi Oreskes explains with great clarity the driving force behind climate denial – aversion to the political and economic implications of climate change. UPDATE: Some commenters are asking about evidence that humans are … Continue reading →

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