haven't read this yet, but she's brought out the thesis slowly and it's clear what she's getting at. and she's right. but she's running up against a brick wall almost immediately: part of the social darwinism of neo-liberalism is the idea that what we call capitalism today is a law of nature. the "free market" isn't this thing that we create, but this thing that exists in the wild.
also, a lot of this is based on the false idea that the approval has been delayed. in fact, the pipeline has already been approved, and it's even already pumping....