--- title: Brett Christophers | TIME description: Christophers is professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, and author The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet and Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World canonical: https://time.com/author/brett-christophers/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/brett-christophers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Brett Christophers ## Brett Christophers Christophers is professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, and author [The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet](https://www.versobooks.com/products/3069-the-price-is-wrong) and [Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World](https://www.amazon.com/Our-Lives-Their-Portfolios-Managers-ebook/dp/B0B7L2546B) ## Brett Christophers *  Mar 20, 2024 ### [Capitalism Can't Solve Climate Change](https://time.com/6958606/climate-change-transition-capitalism/) If we continue to see the private sector as our savior from climate catastrophe, we'll continue to f... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 23, 2023 ### [The Myth That Drives Private Equity](https://time.com/6289431/private-equity-costs/) Alternative asset firms claim they're investing for average Americans but the truth is that the cost... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/brett-christophers/","name":"Brett Christophers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/brett-christophers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/brett-christophers/"},"name":"Brett Christophers","jobTitle":null,"description":"Christophers is professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, and author The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet and Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World","url":"https://time.com/author/brett-christophers/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```