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- ISBN 9780745332680
- Weight: 358g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 05 Oct 2012
- Publisher: Pluto Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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.
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.
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.
