END OF GROWTH by Jeff Rubin

END OF GROWTH by Jeff Rubin

In an urgent follow-up to his bestselling Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, Jeff Rubin argues that the end of cheap oil means the end of growth. What will it be like to live in a world where growth is over? Now updated with a new afterword.

Economist and resource analyst Jeff Rubin is certain that the world's governments are getting it wrong. Instead of moving us toward economic recovery, measures being taken around the globe right now are digging us into a deeper hole. Both politicians and economists are missing the fact that the real engine of economic growth has always been cheap, abundant fuel and resources. But that era is over. The end of cheap oil, Rubin argues, signals the end of growth--and the end of easy answers to renewing prosperity.

Rubin's own equation is clear: with China and India sucking up the lion's share of the world's ever more limited resources, the rest of us will have to make do with less. But is this all bad? Can less actually be more? It doesn't matter whether it's bad or good, it's the new reality: our world is not only about to get smaller, our day-to-day lives are about to be a whole lot different.

Rubin, Jeff: - Jeff Rubin is a speaker, author, and positive aging advocate who believes that every individual has the right to be heard and the power to make a difference regardless of ability or age. He believes this to be especially true, if there are decisions being made that impact the quality of any person's life. A champion for inclusion and collaboration, he sees both as essential components in bringing about productive and effective change. Jeff has been acknowledged for his efforts over the years, winning Editor and Publisher's top award for community service while marketing and directing several community newspapers and later being recognized by his peers for leading and advancing older adult and intergenerational programs at the local, state, and national levels. Jeff hosts a radio talk show on contemporary community issues; is a contributing columnist to print and on-line media, and for the past four years, served as a Governor appointed member of the Kentucky Institute on Aging, an advisory body to the Department of Aging and Independent Living. Recently honored as Architect of Change of the Week by Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper Jeff was featured as one of the incredible individuals who are moving humanity forward. He currently shares a consulting practice with his wife, Denise, in Berea, Kentucky where they live with their loving Australian Shepard dog, Toby.

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ISBN 13	9780307360892
ISBN 10	030736089X
Title	END OF GROWTH
Author	Jeff Rubin
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House Canada
Year published	2012-05-08
Number of pages	304
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