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End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economics Reality

End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economics Reality

by RichardHeinberg (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis

Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. "The End of Growth" proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilisation is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits. Richard Heinberg's latest landmark work goes to the heart of the ongoing financial crisis, explaining how and why it occurred, and what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes. Written in an engaging, highly readable style, it shows why growth is being blocked by three factors: resource depletion; and, environmental impacts and crushing levels of debt. These converging limits will force us to re-evaluate cherished economic theories and to reinvent money and commerce. This book describes what policy makers, communities, and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth's budget of energy and resources. We can thrive during the transition if we set goals that promote human and environmental well-being, rather than continuing to pursue the now-unattainable prize of ever-expanding GDP.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 19 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 0865716951
ISBN 13: 9780865716957
Book Overview: $10 000 marketing and publicity budget A publicist will be hired for a national radio and television campaign There is an extensive online marketing plan for this book in partnership with the Post Carbon Institute www.postcarbon.org including author's blog, newsletter Muse Letter and Facebook posts with promotions on www.EnergyBulletin.net and other peak oil blogs An animated video will be produced and released in time to coincide with the bookExcerpts offered to The Nation, Mother Jones, The Economist, On Earth Advertising in Mother Earth News and Next America CityPromotion targeting business and economy columnists in major newspapers. Promotion on the Post Carbon website www.postcarbon.org and author's website http://richardheinberg.com/ Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements as listed at http://richardheinberg.com/speaking Review copies - between 50-70 review copies sent out to highly targeted list, including author requests, our hit list and appropriate mediaSocial media promotion - pre-publication posts on blog, Facebook and Twitter @NewSocietyPub, book launch featured on New Society home page, blog and book discussion forum, regular publicity updates on Facebook, Twitter and website.

Author Bio
Richard Heinberg is the author of nine previous books including The Party's Over, Peak Everything, and Blackout. He is a Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, a think tank helping chart humanity's transition from the brief, waning reign of fossil-fueled megatechnology to the dawning era of re-adaptation to nature's limits. Widely regarded as one of the world's foremost Peak Oil educators, Richard lectures widely and appears on radio, television, and in films. With a wry, unflinching approach, he explains the trends that shape our world.