Interview with Andy Hoffman

Artikel

What is your motivation for teaching climate change in business classes? - I have a very clear answer to that question: If business does not solve the problem of climate change, it won't be solved. The market is the most powerful institution on Earth, business is the most powerful entity within it. So the market has to shift to address climate change. Many blame the market for climate change and the emergence of the Anthropocene, some call it the Capitalocene, and that's a fair criticism, but if we are going to address these issues, the market has to shift. [...]

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: economic sociology_the european electronic newsletter ; ISSN: 1871-3351 ; Volume: 22 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 5-9 ; Cologne: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hoffman, Andrew J.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)
• (where): Cologne
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/226525
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET