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Life After Growth By Tim Morgan

The full title of this fascinating book by Tim Morgan is

Life After Growth: How The Global Economy Really Works And Why 200 Years Of Growth Are Over“.

I gave it Four Stars in my review at Amazon.co.uk. This means I think it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

I’ve always known that there is a money economy and a things economy. What I hadn’t focused on was how the thins economy is underpinned by energy. The author argues that in effect we have an energy based economy and while the money economy has been inflated by the explosion in debts and Quantitative Easing, the energy economy is deflating.

Why is that?

Because we cherry picked the biggest and best, most accessible, most productive sources of oil, gas and coal first and slowly but surely, the old sources are exhausted and the new sources that are developed aren’t as good. [continue reading…]

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Disequilibrium by Thierry Malleret – 5 Stars

The full title of this book by Thierry Malleret is

Disequilibrium: A World Out Of Kilter“.

In my review posted on Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book Five Stars. This means it is Excellent and Very Highly Recommended.

Here is my book review.

Fascinating pulling together of thoughts

If you have lots of seemingly unconnected thoughts about the future (your own, your country’s or the world’s) and most of them have more downside than upside, this is an excellent short book to read.

It takes a good look at complexity theory in a world full of uncertainty from a high level approach. [continue reading…]

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The full title of this book by Richard Grainger is

How To Survive A World Headed For Collapse: A must-have 9-step guide for how to get by when everything we depend upon is wiped out“.

In my review posted to Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book Four Stars. This means I think it is Good and Well Worth Reading, although I’ll confess that I haven’t read much about “prepping”.

What happens if society collapses?

Should you ignore that uneasy feeling in the pit of your stomach that tells you that bad things are happening or should you be prepared for the worst?

In this short book, the author gives you plenty to think about if society and the economy  break down. [continue reading…]

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Six Global Mega-Trends by Thierry Malleret

The full title of this book by Thierry Malleret is

Six Global Mega-Trends and How To Make Them Work For You“.

In my review posted on Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book Four Stars. This means it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

Here is my review.

Beware

If you’ve read Disequilibrium: A World Out Of Kilter then don’t bother with this. [continue reading…]

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The End Of Growth by Richard Heinberg – 5 Stars

The full title of this book by Richard Heinberg is

The End Of Growth: Adapting To Our New Economic Realities“.

In my review posted to Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book Five Stars. This means it is Excellent and Very Highly Recommended.

Here is my book review.

Essential reading

This book is a real eye-opener and shows that the common assumption that we can continue to grow the economy at 2% to 3% per year is invalid.

In fact it is complete nonsense. [continue reading…]

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Snake Oil by Richard Heinberg

The full title of this book by Richard Heinberg is

Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future“.

In my review posted on Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book Four Stars. This means it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

Here is my book review.

Who is telling the truth on fracking?

The author’s previous book The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality shocked me to the core. I’d never previously identified the huge but untrue assumption in economic theory – natural resources are unlimited. This is a bit strange when I was taught that economics was all about the allocation of scarce resources.

That book encouraged me to read more about the theory of Peak Oil and in recent years, the price of oil has risen despite the economic recession. This gave credence to the concept as far as I was concerned. [continue reading…]

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The Spirit Level Delusion by Christopher Snowdon

The full title of this book by Christopher Snowdon is

The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left’s New Theory of Everything“.

In my review on Amazon.co.uk, I gave it Four Stars. This means it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

Here is my review.

Necessary rebuttal

t saddens me that this book had to be written.

The original Spirit Level book showed that inequality of income and wealth was at the root of society’s ills once income reached a reasonable level. After that equality mattered more than pushing up the average GDP per person statistic. [continue reading…]

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Code Red by John Mauldin and Jonathan Tepper

The full title of this book by John Mauldin and Jonathan Tepper is

Code Red: How to Protect Your Savings From the Coming Crisis“.

In my review at Amazon.co.uk, I gave this book Four Stars. This means that it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

Here is my book review.

It’s time to be scared… very scared

This is an excellent book about the current economic climate of exceptional action by central bankers with quantitative easing and the suppression of interest rates.

It’s written in a very easy to read and understand style and will help anyone gain a better understanding of how the economic situation could play out. [continue reading…]

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The Depression of 2016 by Rafael Aguayo

The Depression of 2016 by Rafael Aguayo

Book Review Rating – 4 Stars

This is a fascinating book that takes virtually all of the politics out of the debate on the economic situation by building and discussing a systems dynamics model.

You hear about the annual deficits in the USA and the UK, the high growth in China and India, the troubles in the Eurozone and like me, you probably think about how these things can be connected.

Well this book helps to answer those thoughts although its main focus is on the relationship between the USA and China.

The Origins Of The Crisis – The Boom in the USA – 1980 to 2000

Statistics analysis shows that this was a remarkable period that caused the Dow Jones index to soar. The authors research traces this back to two connected but compensating forces that have caused a great imbalance:

  • The annual fiscal deficit in the USA that has pumped up the economy
  • The annual trade deficit in the USA that has deflated the economy and at the same time caused the stock exchange bubble and then the real estate bubble.

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