"These people are worse than spies: spies believe in their country and have a code of honour. With these people it’s always about self-interest."

Molly Scott Cato is a green economist, activist, and former Member of the European Parliament who has spent her career challenging the economic orthodoxies driving ecological collapse. She was previously professor of strategy and sustainability at the University of Roehampton. Blending academic rigor and political action, she is one of the UK's most influential voices linking environmental justice to systemic economic change.

A long-time member of the Green Party, Scott Cato advocates economic reform that serves people and the planet. Her books, inlcuding Green Economics and The Bioregional Ecnonomy, have become key texts in reimagining a future beyond growth.

"Ground-breaking ... I think her book is insightful, and contains many remarkable policy ideas." — John-Paul Flintoff, The Sunday Times

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