Abstract
Many activists in the United States are working to build a movement for a Green New Deal transformation of the economy in order to tackle both global warming and the country’s worsening economic and social problems. To this point, Green New Deal advocates have been far more interested in discussing the programs to be included than in how to achieve the desired transformation. Helpfully, we have the experience of World War II to provide some guideposts. This paper begins by highlighting the enormity and speed of the US economy’s wartime transformation from civilian to military production. Then, it describes the evolution and evaluates the effectiveness of the most important public agencies and policies used to achieve it. It concludes with a brief discussion of the relevance of this conversion experience to efforts to advance a Green New Deal transformation of the US economy.
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Hart-Landsberg, Martin
(2021)
"Realizing A Green New Deal: Lessons From World War II,"
Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
DOI: 10.25148/CRCP.9.2.010569
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower/vol9/iss2/3