Why Things Are Going to Get Worse - And Why We Should Be Glad (EPUB) von Michael Roscoe

The good times have gone forever and we must now adjust to a new reality of job creation and degrowth.

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE — Why Things Are Bad

CHAPTER 1 — THREE CHARTS
Summary of the problems

CHAPTER 2 — WHAT IS WEALTH?
Basic economics; GDP explained

CHAPTER 3 — WHAT HAPPENS TO WEALTH?
The vanishing trillions

CHAPTER 4 — SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
An investigation into values

CHAPTER 5 — THE VALUE OF MONEY
A brief history of money and debt

CHAPTER 6 — BETTING NAKED
The growth of finance; derivatives explained

CHAPTER 7 — FROM WAREHOUSE TO WHOREHOUSE
Earlyindustry and the dawn of trade

CHAPTER 8 — MEASURING WEALTH
The accumulation of wealth and the importance of oil

PART TWO— Why It’s Going To Get Worse

CHAPTER 9 — WEALTH AND WORK
The productivity problem; was Marx right?

CHAPTER 10 — THE TECHNOLOGY DILEMMA
Why real jobs are in decline

CHAPTER 11 — VIRTUAL VALUES
The internet as job killer

CHAPTER 12 — LIVING IN NEVER-NEVER LAND
Bubble trouble and the debt of nations

CHAPTER 13 — THE DECLINE OF EUROPE
The Eurozone debt problem and lessons from Japan

CHAPTER 14 — A RACE WITH NO WINNERS
The high price of cheap goods

CHAPTER 15 — THE CASE FOR PUBLIC ENTERPRISE
Socialism is not a dirty word

CHAPTER 16 — TEN REASONS…
Why the rich world is getting poorer

PART THREE — Why We Should Be Glad

CHAPTER 17 — ECONOMY OR ECOLOGY?
More jobs, less fossil fuel use

CHAPTER 18 — LIFE WITHOUT OIL
So what are the alternatives to fossil fuels?

CHAPTER 19 — TIME TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM
Re-evaluation of values; jobs first

CHAPTER 20 — JOBS WITHOUT GROWTH
Politics that work, why we need global regulation

CHAPTER 21 — WHERE NEXT?
Likely trends; why the US will stay on top

CHAPTER 22 — IS THERE A BETTER WAY?

CONCLUSIONS