ABSTRACT

This text discusses the current basis of economic growth, concluding that it is is failing to deliver, and is actually harming our prospects for future security. Further arguments propose a possible long-term strategy for economic revival - eco-restructuring. This strategy involves a shifting away from production of goods to production of services, closing material cycles and eliminating reliance on non-renewable resources.

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

On Possible and Impossible Futures

chapter Chapter 2|18 pages

Drivers of Change

chapter Chapter 3|23 pages

The Coming Economic Crisis of the West

chapter Chapter 4|14 pages

Wild Cards: Russia, China, India and Islam

chapter Chapter 5|19 pages

Technology, Progress and Economic Growth

chapter Chapter 6|14 pages

More on Jobs

chapter Chapter 7|14 pages

The Growth Illusion

chapter Chapter 8|20 pages

Equity, Poverty and the Coming Social Crisis

chapter Chapter 9|16 pages

Economic Growth versus the Environment 1

chapter Chapter 10|14 pages

Eco-restructuring for Sustainability

chapter Chapter 11|19 pages

The Government Role

chapter Chapter 12|6 pages

International Development Issues

chapter Chapter 13|19 pages

The Economic Growth Paradigm

chapter Chapter 14|18 pages

The Free Trade Paradigm

chapter Chapter 15|15 pages

National Debt and National Wealth