Climate Change Is an Opportunity: Why We Need Principled Capitalism

We have an imperative, as never before, to change our ways. Climate change is presenting the entire human race with its greatest ever existential challenge. Like many I feel a growing sense of looming disaster. Yes, we are making some progress, but past agreements are not delivering. In this book I put a case for a new form of principled capitalism based on moral principles rather than utility and profit. I propose ten pillars that include systems thinking as citizens of the world and embracing Modern Monetary theory to guide decisions about macroeconomics and national debt.

David Blockley is an Emeritus Professor of Engineering at the University of Bristol, UK. After graduating he worked for the British Constructional Steelwork Association in London. In 1969 he moved to Bristol University. There he was head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Dean of Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and President of the Institution of Structural Engineers. He was a Non-Executive Director of Bristol Water plc.