The Big Flatline: Oil and the No-growth Economy
ISBN: 9780230342187 | 0230342183
Format: HardcoverPublisher: St Martins Pr
Pub. Date: 10/16/2012
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In an urgent follow-up to his best-selling Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, Jeff Rubin argues that the end of cheap oil means the end of growth. What it will be like to live in a world where growth is over? Economist and resource analyst Jeff Rubin is certain that the world's governments are getting it wrong. Instead of moving us toward economic recovery, the measures being taken around the globe right now are digging us into a deeper hole. Both politicians and economists are missing the fact that the real engine of economic ... MORE
“A brisk introduction to a world of constrained energy supplies…the warning that constraints on energy use will set limits to growth is worth taking seriously.”--The Financial Times
“Contradicting conventional wisdom about the worldwide recession now in its fourth year, a Canadian economist predicts a gloomy future for consumers who worship growth…Clearly written and smartly argued.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Very few understand the negative impact of high priced oil on the worl... MORE
"Anyone who cares about the future prospects of the world economy should read Jeff Rubin's The Big Flatline. With compelling logic, he demonstrates that high oil prices have made endless growth unsustainable and that new strategies are needed for survival in a zero-sum world."--Michael T. Klare, author of The Race for What's Left
"The biggest economic event since the Industrial Revolution is under way, but you won’t hear about it from any politician or central banker. Jeff Rubin is one of the very few economists with the insight and courage to tell it like it is: Oil-fueled economic growth is ending. We can adapt, but it sure helps to know what we must adapt to."--Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute and author of The End of Growth
“Thought-provoking and accessible.”--Publishers Weekly
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