A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture

Why can we never seem to keep on top of our workload, social diary or chores? Why does poverty persist around the world? Why do successful people do things at t

In this classic study, the authors assess the importance of technological change and resource substitution in support of their conclusion that resource scarcity

Powerful challenge to the current neoliberal economic orthodoxy. Asserts that economic democracy should be the new guiding principle for humanity.

This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources. Th