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smay's review against another edition
4.0
An interesting look on how Marx was actually interested in the climate and how degrowth Marxism is the only way out of the climate crisis. Pretty theoretical, so don't expect a playbook for what to do next, but great for people who want to believe in green capitalism and are still afraid of Marxism.
katzen's review
Agree with a lot of the points here but I feel like this book failed to answer a lot of the questions I had about degrowth. Saito focuses more on getting people the understand why degrowth would be beneficial and introducing the reader to the overall concept of degrowth communism, ideas I was already fairly familiar with. He somewhat fails at creating a concrete image/definition of what degrowth communism would actually look like (e.g. what does scientific research look like, how do industries like healthcare and education function, how are creative/liberal arts considered in this structure, what happens to the meat industry, etc.), which is what I was hoping this book would dive more into. Still a solid read if you just want an introduction to the idea.
samants's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Overall I'm convinced of the premise that capitalism is incompatible with long-term sustainability, but it got hard to read at times, focused way too much on Marx (I know he's a Marxist, but like... this is a lot of focus on one guy), and didn't cite any thinkers from the Global South that he claims to respect so highly. I'm also pretty sure no women were cited. This is a solid introduction to degrowth communism (as a non-expert), but it was lacking perspective. Hopefully a more diverse body of literature grows from here.
botanicals's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
cchapple's review against another edition
5.0
Clear well researched laying out of his points. Honestly excellent, and a great read, especially for anyone interested in strategies for tackling climate change and inequality.