The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment: Amazon.co.uk: Chris Martenson: Books

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The next twenty years will be completely unlike the last twenty years.

The world is in economic crisis, and there are no easy fixes to our predicament. Unsustainable trends in the economy, energy, and the environment have finally caught up with us and are converging on a very narrow window of time—the "Twenty–Teens." The Crash Course presents our predicament and illuminates the path ahead, so you can face the coming disruptions and thrive––without fearing the future or retreating into denial. In this book you will find solid facts and grounded reasoning presented in a calm, positive, non–partisan manner.

Our money system places impossible demands upon a finite world. Exponentially rising levels of debt, based on assumptions of future economic growth to fund repayment, will shudder to a halt and then reverse. Unfortunately, our financial system does not operate in reverse. The consequences of massive deleveraging will be severe.

Oil is essential for economic growth. The reality of dwindling oil supplies is now internationally recognized, yet virtually no developed nations have a Plan B. The economic risks to individuals, companies, and countries are varied and enormous. Best–case, living standards will drop steadily worldwide. Worst–case, systemic financial crises will toss the world into jarring chaos.

This book is written for those who are motivated to learn about the root causes of our predicaments, protect themselves and their families, mitigate risks as much as possible, and control what effects they can. With challenge comes opportunity, and The Crash Course offers a positive vision for how to reshape our lives to be more balanced, resilient, and sustainable.

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The next twenty years will be completely unlike the last twenty years. The decisions you make today are critical. The world is in economic crisis, and there are no easy fixes to our predicament. Unsustainable trends in the economy, energy, and the environment have finally caught up with us and are converging on a very narrow window of time—the "Twenty-Teens." With solid facts and grounded reasoning presented in a calm, nonpartisan manner, The Crash Course explains our predicament and illuminates the path ahead so you can face the coming disruptions without fearing the future or retreating into denial.

Our money system places impossible demands upon a finite world. Exponentially rising levels of debt, based on assumptions of future economic growth to fund repayment, have shuddered to a halt and are reversing, with severe and lasting consequences.

Oil is essential for economic growth. The reality of dwindling oil supplies is now internationally recognized, yet virtually no developed nations have a Plan B. The economic risks to individuals, companies, and countries are varied and enormous. Best case: living standards will drop steadily worldwide. Worst case: systemic financial crises will toss the world into jarring chaos.

This book is written for those who are motivated to learn about the root causes of our predicaments in order to protect themselves and their families, mitigate risks as much as possible, and control what effects they can. With challenge comes opportunity. The Crash Course offers a positive vision for how our lives can become more balanced, resilient, and sustainable.

The world is changing. It's time to get busy. The Crash Course will show you how.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Brings everything together and into focus 10 May 2011

By W. R. G. Evers-swindell

Format:Hardcover

If your interested in peak oil, climate change, exponentials, net energy and many more topics and how they all interrelate and effect our society then you will not find a better book than this. Although i had already watched the free crash course vids at Chris's site, it wasn't until i had finished this book that i had all the ideas and ramifications of net energy and exponential growth really bought into focus. This is a calm, collected and relatively optimistic book (sorry doom seekers no mad max scenarios here) that every man, woman and child should really read. A++

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PLEASE BUY AND READ THIS 5 Sep 2011

By Mr. Peter M. Bradley

Quite simply: anyone who wants to know why the world is the way it is today and what is likely to come our way in the next 20 years should read this book. Like is says on the front of the book itself: this is information you cannot afford to live without.

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A Must Read 3 Oct 2011

By J. Black

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Anybody who is trying to make sense of quantitative easing and money creation must read this book. It will change everything for you and remove the smoke and mirrors from the politicians statements and let you see what they are really doing to increase inflation to try and get rid of the debt at the expense of you and I.

The politicians have today 2nd Oct 2011 started buying company bonds direct from business. This means they print money and give it to companies in exchange for an IOU (a bond) which they then sell on the debt market (another name is the bond market). It is another way of increasing the money supply in the economy to stop a house price and economic crash. It devalues our savings and the money we have in the bank and our wages. It will end badly with a systemic failure of the banking system. At one time our currency was backed by gold, now it is backed by nothing but debt. A big crash must result which will destroy most of the middle classes.

Martensen takes away the smoke and mirrors. Learn how to protect yourself and profit from the coming crash. Read him.

James Black LL.B (Hons)