Bleakonomics

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.