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Praise for The Crash Course
"Chris Martenson gave up a successful and conventional career to study the two great problems that we face: running out of critical resources—especially carbon-based energy—and a congenital failure to process unpleasant facts. Reading The Crash Course will help you recognize how dangerous our future is likely to be and will help you prepare for it. It is a job well done." —Jeremy Grantham, cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo
"Among the handful of observers making sense of the economic scene, Chris Martenson is the most astute, coherent, and comprehensive. Reading Chris is like stepping out of a room full of smoke and mirrors into daylight." —James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency
"Economists did not predict the Great Recession of 2008; Chris did. He looks deeper into the numbers than most and has found a painful future if we do not make a major turn. I deeply appreciate him for doing this work. He uses hard data to back up the self-evident common sense that if we do not consciously manage our natural resources and business relationships to give priority to the common good, we will face dire consequences. This is serious. Read this book." —Terry Mollner, Board Member, Ben & Jerry's
"Chris addresses fundamental economic and energy issues in understandable terms and provides engaging perspectives. Readers will learn a great deal from his work." —Dr. Robert L. Hirsch, lead author of The Impending World Energy Mess
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: How to Approach the Next Twenty Years.
Chapter 1 The Coming Storm.
Chapter 2 The Lens: How to See the Future.
Chapter 3 A World Worth Inheriting.
Chapter 4 Trust Yourself.
Part II: Foundation.
Chapter 5 Dangerous Exponentials.
Chapter 6 An Inconvenient Lie: The Truth about Growth.
Chapter 7 Our Money System.
Chapter 8 Problems and Predicaments.
Chapter 9 What Is Wealth? (Hint: It’s Not Money).
Part III: Economy.
Chapter 10 Debt.
Chapter 11 The Great Credit Bubble.
Chapter 12 Like a Moth to Flame: Our Destructive Tendency to Print.
Chapter 13 Fuzzy Numbers.
Chapter 14 Starting the Race with Our Shoes Tied Together.
Part IV: Energy.
Chapter 15 Energy and the Economy.
Chapter 16 Peak Oil.
Chapter 17 Necessary but Insufficient: Coal, Nuclear, and Alternatives.
Chapter 18 Why Technology Can’t Fix This.
Part V: Environment.
Chapter 19 Minerals: Gone with the Wind.
Chapter 20 Soil: Thin, Thinner, Gone.
Chapter 21 Parched: The Coming Water Wars.
Chapter 22 All Fished Out.
Part VI: Convergence.
Chapter 23 Convergence: Why the Twenty–Teens Will Be Difficult.
Chapter 24 Closing the Book on Growth.
Chapter 25 Future Scenarios.
Part VII: What Should I Do?
Chapter 26 The Good News: We Already Have Everything We Need.
Chapter 27 What Should I Do?
Chapter 28 The Opportunities.
Appendix.
Notes.
Index.
MaryAnneH
Posted September 13, 2011
This is very readable for the subject matter, but not simplistic or obvious.
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Posted May 18, 2011
Author makes complex content easy to understand. Personal story, humor, historical examples make this book a compelling read. I recommend for anyone wanting to understand the 'big picture' of the US economic predicament.
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Praise for The Crash Course
"Chris Martenson gave up a successful and conventional career to study the two great problems that we face: running out of critical resources—especially carbon-based energy—and a congenital failure to process unpleasant facts. Reading The Crash Course will help you recognize how dangerous our future is likely to be and will help you prepare for it. It is a job well done." —Jeremy Grantham, cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist, Grantham Mayo Van ...