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George Monbiot

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in Paddington, London, The United Kingdom

January 27, 1963

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George Joshua Richard Monbiot is a British writer known for his environmental and political activism.

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Until the Pips Squeak

Here’s why the government should tax the rich and tax them hard.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th July 2024

Never let your opponents define the terms of a debate. All too often, Labour has allowed the Conservatives and the billionaire press to demonise the notion of “tax and spend”. It went to great lengths before the election to assure voters it had no such intention. Now it drive

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Average rating: 4.16 · 13,964 ratings · 1,694 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life 4.16 avg rating — 4,947 ratings — published 2013 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet 4.41 avg rating — 2,583 ratings — published 2022 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis 4.08 avg rating — 1,901 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature 4.04 avg rating — 1,262 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning 4.05 avg rating — 1,053 ratings — published 2006 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order 3.80 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Can't Be Happening 4.31 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain 3.97 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot, Peter Hutchison 4.45 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring on the Apocalypse 3.86 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.”
― George Monbiot

tags: american-dream, bootstraps, hard-work, wealth

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“Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.”
― George Monbiot

tags: climate, ecology, environment, progress

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“We are often told we are materialistic. It seems to me, we are not materialistic enough. We have a disrespect for materials. We use it quickly and carelessly.

If were genuinely materialistic people, we would understand where materials come from and where they go to.

But, at the moment, the entire global economy seems to be built on the model of digging things up from one hole in the ground on one side of the earth, transporting them around the world, using them for a few days, and sticking them in a hole in the ground on the other side of the world.”
― George Monbiot

tags: bbc, human-footprint, monbiot

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