Many of those who see the damage that climate change has brought down upon us, and the threat of even greater damage looming on the horizon, believe that is capitalism that has brought us to the brink of disaster. But I think this way of understanding the problem is a mistake. Capitalism is an economic system, and as an economic system, it is not designed to implement social policy, only economic policy. Implementing social policy is the job of our political system. Climate change is accordingly the result of the failure our political system to reign in the conduct of economic actors, not the system that defines who those actors are. In this talk, I will explain what the political failures that plague us are and why they have occurred, and show that rather than encouraging the mismanagement of our environment, capitalism actually explains where we have gone wrong. Indeed, if we simply take the principles of capitalism more seriously, we can find all the justification that we need for addressing our environmental problems rather than ignoring them.

Mark R. Reiff presents his paper "Don't Call it Populism" at the 2nd Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarization (HEPP2) on May 6, 2021

Dr. Reiff's complete book talk on unemployment at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on unemployment at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on unemployment at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on unemployment at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on unemployment at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on unemployment at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

Dr. Reiff's complete book talk on exploitation and economic inequality at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on exploitation and economic inequality at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on exploitation and economic inequality at University Press Books, Berkeley, California 

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on exploitation and economic inequality at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

An excerpt from Dr. Reiff's book talk on exploitation and economic inequality at University Press Books, Berkeley, California

University of Manchester

Dr Mark Reiff lectures on methods of moral reasoning, from Law and Ethics in War and Warfare, University of Manchester School of Law, January 31, 2014

Dr Mark R Reiff lectures on methods of moral reasoning, from Law and Ethics in War and Warfare, University of Manchester School of Law, February 3, 2014

Dr. Mark R Reiff lectures on methods of moral reasoning, from Law and Ethics in War and Warfare, University of Manchester School of Law, February 7, 2014