By the creators of Merchants of Doubt, who answer the question "Why have we known about climate change for several decades but have done very little to stop it?" The Big Myth goes deep into how the free market industrial complex has engrained itself into every corner of American culture, from Hollywood to religion to academia, especially trade associations and non-profit public policy think tanks. The Just Markets Institute was created to expose the harmful actions of the free market industrial complex while providing a new goal to strive for. Before Just Markets, we had no popular term to describe a sustainable, equitable, and efficient market system.Â
"The Big Myth is written from 10 years of research condensed into 400 pages of how American business taught us to loathe the government and love the free market (with 100 pages of citations). We must replace the free market with Just Markets to stop climate change, the biggest market failure of our generation." - Alex Thompson
CU Boulder - The Climate Crisis Is A Market Failure, Naomi Oreskes
Santa Barbra Independent - Summary of The Big Myth
Standford Interview with Naomi Oreskes on The Big Myth
5 Key Ideas of The Big Myth by the Next Big Idea Club
NPR's Book Of The Day - The Big Myth
Harvard Book Review - The Big Myth
The Washington Post - Review of The Big Myth
New Economic Thinking - Interview with Naomi Oreskes on The Big Myth
Foundation for Economic Education "Debunking" The Big Myth
Note the tone and different uses of Ethos/Pathos/Logos