This is my second contact with Dr. Martenson's work after watching his highly educational documentary DVD of the same title. The documentary is available for free legal download here.
The strength of the book is the presentation of the linkages between energy, the environment, and our debt-based global monetary system. It shows how given the way the monetary system is currently set up, exponential economic growth is required. Unfortunately, since no system can grow exponentially in a world of finite resources, the monetary system will HAVE TO implode at some point when hard resource limits are hit.
The other strength of the book is its simple but comprehensive coverage of Peak Oil and related energy issues, which for me was a good 'revision' after following this issue for more than 5 years.
I believe that once we understand the link between finance/economics, energy and the environment, we will see why the 2008 Global Finance Crisis has not actually been properly fixed, and that something bigger will be coming our way.
The book is available for loan from the NLB.
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