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How a Green New Deal could exploit developing countries

  • Written by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University

The Green New Deal has changed the conversation among progressive Democrats about how to deal with climate change, from simply managing a disaster to how to take advantage of an existential threat to build a more just society.

However, should this legislative concept be transformed from the hypothetical framework it is today into actual policies,...

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