Book contents
- How to Decarbonize
- How to Decarbonize
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Environmental Economics
- Part II The Theory of Strategic Action Fields
- Part III Political Economy
- 7 Decarbonizing Fossil Capitalism
- 8 Green Mehrwert and Decarbonization
- Part IV Climate and Environmental Justice
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Green Mehrwert and Decarbonization
from Part III - Political Economy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2025
- How to Decarbonize
- How to Decarbonize
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Environmental Economics
- Part II The Theory of Strategic Action Fields
- Part III Political Economy
- 7 Decarbonizing Fossil Capitalism
- 8 Green Mehrwert and Decarbonization
- Part IV Climate and Environmental Justice
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides a political economy interpretation of the Inflation Reduction Act: Its spending aims to recode the circuits of capital accumulation along the decarbonization imperative and institute a regime of green accumulation. It presents the clean energy tax credits, the home tax credits, the manufacturing tax credits, and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund as elements of this attempted reconfiguration.
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- How to DecarbonizePolicy and Social Theory, pp. 145 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025