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Bleakonomics: A Heartwarming Introduction to Financial Catastrophe, the Jobs Crisis and Environmental Destruction
Rob Larson
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Description for Bleakonomics: A Heartwarming Introduction to Financial Catastrophe, the Jobs Crisis and Environmental Destruction
Paperback. Short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: climate change, inequality and financial crisis. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: KCF; KCN; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
This is a darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: environmental degradation, social conflict in the age of austerity and financial instability.
Rob Larson holds mainstream economic theory up against the grim reality of a planet in meltdown. He looks at scientists’ conclusions about climate change, the business world’s opinions about its own power, and reveals the fingerprints of finance on American elections.
Through ascerbic analysis, Bleakonomics unveils a world of extreme inequality, confusion and insanity.
This is a darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: environmental degradation, social conflict in the age of austerity and financial instability.
Rob Larson holds mainstream economic theory up against the grim reality of a planet in meltdown. He looks at scientists’ conclusions about climate change, the business world’s opinions about its own power, and reveals the fingerprints of finance on American elections.
Through ascerbic analysis, Bleakonomics unveils a world of extreme inequality, confusion and insanity.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745332673
SKU
V9780745332673
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-46
About Rob Larson
Rob Larson teaches Economics at Tacoma Community College in Washington State, USA. He is active with Occupy Tacoma and Jobs with Justice, and writes regularly for Dollars and Sense and Z Magazine.
Reviews for Bleakonomics: A Heartwarming Introduction to Financial Catastrophe, the Jobs Crisis and Environmental Destruction
'A most valuable contribution to public understanding and vitally needed action'
Noam Chomsky 'Larson adds a critical component to the policy debate about financial reform by explaining why the systemically dangerous institutions (SDIs)
the 'too big to fail' banks
imperil our democracy as well as our economy'
William K. Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One. 'Whether illuminating the rapacious class war being waged by America's CEOs, the remarkably mindless degradation of the world's oceans, or the wishful thinking about the increasingly evident consequences of global warming, Rob Larson consistently brings powerful insights and a biting wit. Larson has a unique skill for translating complex economic and scientific analysis with both clarity and force'
Roger Bybee, labour journalist 'Robert Larson's range of topics and accessible writing make this book an invaluable contribution to the critical task of connecting environmental degradation and overwhelming corporate power'
Mary Zepernick, co-founder of Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD) 'Fact-driven, concise, interesting, and even funny
that's unusual for a book about economics, policies, and working people'
Tom Szymanski, Organizer of IBEW Local 275
Noam Chomsky 'Larson adds a critical component to the policy debate about financial reform by explaining why the systemically dangerous institutions (SDIs)
the 'too big to fail' banks
imperil our democracy as well as our economy'
William K. Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One. 'Whether illuminating the rapacious class war being waged by America's CEOs, the remarkably mindless degradation of the world's oceans, or the wishful thinking about the increasingly evident consequences of global warming, Rob Larson consistently brings powerful insights and a biting wit. Larson has a unique skill for translating complex economic and scientific analysis with both clarity and force'
Roger Bybee, labour journalist 'Robert Larson's range of topics and accessible writing make this book an invaluable contribution to the critical task of connecting environmental degradation and overwhelming corporate power'
Mary Zepernick, co-founder of Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD) 'Fact-driven, concise, interesting, and even funny
that's unusual for a book about economics, policies, and working people'
Tom Szymanski, Organizer of IBEW Local 275