
A Left Moral Vision Needs a Political Economy to Match
Gustavo Petro’s “economy for life” captures something essential about the planetary crisis. Turning it into a program requires confronting the structures that stand in the way.
Matías Vernengo is professor of economics at Bucknell University and former senior research manager at the Central Bank of Argentina. He is coeditor of the Review of Keynesian Economics and coeditor in chief of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

Gustavo Petro’s “economy for life” captures something essential about the planetary crisis. Turning it into a program requires confronting the structures that stand in the way.