A Review from Kirkus Review

The review notes that Aleksandr Bezgodov, the author of the monograph, Planetary Rent as an Instrument for Solving the Global Problems, believes that an adequate response to the risks and challenges of the modern civilization’s systemic crisis can only consist of an "increased integration and a “cosmocentric” economic model that prioritizes the shared stewardship of the planet’s resources. The centerpiece of such a model is planetary rent, which not only requires a system for the collection and distribution of funds, but also an expansion of both the notion of planetary ownership rights and what counts as a planetary resource. Ultimately, the author contends that planetary rent has the potential to solve the foundational problem out of which so many others spring: global inequality. The point, Bezgodov explains, is not to dismissively reject the claims of sovereignty but to situate those declarations within the demands of a necessarily shared ecological whole.”

The Kirkus Review credits the monograph with scientific rigor and objectivity when it notes that the author’s "treatment of globalization at large and planetary rent in particular is notably rigorous."

In conclusion, the Kirkus Review stresses that Planetary rent as an Instrument for Solving Global Problems represents “a genuinely original contribution to an important economic debate.”

The review on www.kirkusreviews.com