About Ian Angus
Ian Angus is a socialist and ecosocialist activist in Canada. He is editor of the ecosocialist journal
Climate & Capitalism. He is co-author, with Simon Butler, of
Too Many People? Population, Immigration and the Environmental Crisis (Haymarket, 2011), editor of the anthology
The Global Fight for Climate Justice (Fernwood, 2010); and author of
Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System (Monthly Review Press, 2016). His latest book is
A Redder Shade of Green: Intersections of Science and Socialism (Monthly Review Press, 2017).
All things in moderation. Some capitalism is useful for developing and exploiting new technology. Too much capitalism ends up with spoiled brat heirs of great fortunes determined too maximize shareholder profits, ending up inflating and exploding one asset bubble after another because they can’t find something better to do with all their money than turn financial markets into casinos. And the rest of the population being left out of the money, are all paupers.