Read The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment Online
Authors: Chris Martenson
Tags: #General, #Economic Conditions, #Business & Economics, #Economics, #Development, #Forecasting, #Sustainable Development, #Economic Development, #Economic Forecasting - United States, #United States, #Sustainable Development - United States, #Economic Forecasting, #United States - Economic Conditions - 2009
quantitative easing and
as social contract
societal uses of
stability of
three characteristics of
in three future scenarios
time versus
types of
wealth versus
Money management, future opportunities in
Money printing
economic consequences of
in end of growth
in Eurozone countries
gold versus
government debt settlement by
hyperinflation from
in Peak Oil Recognition scenario
quantitative easing as
settling debts by
in Slow Tumble scenario
in Undulating Plateau scenario
for U.S. entitlement programs
Money supply
bubbles and
exponential growth of
exponential growth in
inflation and
management of
Money system
administration of
collapse of
credit in
exponential growth in
Federal Reserve in
future
hyperinflation in
money creation in
oil shortages and
quantitative easing in
societal uses of
types of money in
Monopolies, in South Sea Bubble
Mortgages
Motor vehicles.
See also
Automobiles
minerals required to build
in the United States
Municipal bonds
Municipalities, liabilities of
Municipal pensions, underfunding of
Municipal services, cuts in
Mutual credit arrangements
Mythology, in economics
Napoleonic Wars, England in debt following
National debt, of United States
Natural gas
as alternative energy source
as ancient sunlight
consumed in making fertilizers
in electric power production
energy from
importers of
time frame, scale, and costs of transitioning from oil to
Natural resources, future world and
Natural world, economy and
Nature, in end of growth
Needs hierarchy
“Negative growth”
consequences of
Net energy
Net Present Value (NPV), pension underfunding and
Net yield, of oil
New energy technologies, oil versus
New money
Newsletters, author’s economics
New technologies
Newton, Isaac, in South Sea Bubble
New Zealand
in Peak Oil Recognition scenario
spotting bubbles in
Nitrogen (N), as key nutrient in fertilizers
Nixon, Richard M.
debasement of inflation statistics by
dollars and gold and
No growth
consequences of
Nominal GDP
Nonlinearity, of exponential growth
Non–paper-based assets, in preparing for the future
Nonrenewable water
Non–self-liquidating debt
consumptive debt as
North Sea oil fields
Norway, oil production decline in
Notes, in money creation
NPK.
See
Nitrogen (N); Phosphorus (P); Potassium (K)
Nuclear chain reactions, exponential nature of
Nuclear energy/power
as alternative energy source
energy use from
oil versus
production of
time frame, scale, and costs of transitioning from oil to
transitioning from oil to
Nuclear warheads, as fuel source
Nutrients
depleted from soil
in healthy soil
U.S. exporting of
Oceans
depletion of fish from
food pyramid in
future of
as oxygen source
Ogallala aquifer
Oil.
See also
“Peak Oil”; Petroleum
alternatives to
as ancient sunlight
biofuels versus
depletion of
economic systems dependent on
energy from
energy required to produce
energy resources to replace
extraction of
finding and pumping
in foreseeable world economy
global discovery and production peaks for
as master resource
natural gas versus
new energy technologies versus
new production of
nuclear power versus
running out of
societal importance of
solar power versus
in three future scenarios
transitioning away from
uses of
wave power versus
wind power versus
world economy and
world population and
Oil demand, economic growth and
Oil discovery–production gap, in United States
Oil exports
Oil fields
developing
discovery of
oil production decline from
potential production from global
Oil prices, current increase in
Oil production
economic growth and
4,000-year timeline of global
global decline in
potential
worldwide
Oil production output gap
alternative fuels to fill
Oil rigs
Oil shales, oil reserves in
Oil Shock III, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario
Oil shortages
Oil-to-GDP ratio
OPEC oil fields
Open system, economy as
Opportunities
challenges versus
in coming economic crisis
created by growth
future energy supplies and
in future financial services
future food supplies and
in future government employment
in the future world
in preparing for the future
surplus and
Optimism, in coming economic crisis
Options, in coming economic crisis
Orange County, California, housing bubble in
Order.
See also
Disorder
creating
in end of growth
energy and
Ores
depletion of
quality and quantity of