The free-market capitalist system is in the process of collapse and we must now adjust to the reality of declining prosperity in the West. We should forget about growth and concentrate instead on the creation of jobs and reducing fossil fuel use?and it isn't impossible to achieve these two apparently conflicting aims.

INTRODUCTION PART ONE - Why Things Are BadCHAPTER 1 - THREE CHARTS Summary of the problemsCHAPTER 2 - WHAT IS WEALTH? Basic economics; GDP explainedCHAPTER 3 - WHAT HAPPENS TO WEALTH? The vanishing trillionsCHAPTER 4 - SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING An investigation into valuesCHAPTER 5 - THE VALUE OF MONEY A brief history of money and debtCHAPTER 6 - BETTING NAKED The growth of finance; derivatives explainedCHAPTER 7 - FROM WAREHOUSE TO WHOREHOUSE Earlyindustry and the dawn of tradeCHAPTER 8 - MEASURING WEALTH The accumulation of wealth and the importance of oilPART TWO- Why It's Going To Get WorseCHAPTER 9 - WEALTH AND WORK The productivity problem; was Marx right? CHAPTER 10 - THE TECHNOLOGY DILEMMA Why real jobs are in declineCHAPTER 11 - VIRTUAL VALUES The internet as job killerCHAPTER 12 - LIVING IN NEVER-NEVER LAND Bubble trouble and the debt of nationsCHAPTER 13 - THE DECLINE OF EUROPE The Eurozone debt problem and lessons from JapanCHAPTER 14 - A RACE WITH NO WINNERS The high price of cheap goodsCHAPTER 15 - THE CASE FOR PUBLIC ENTERPRISE Socialism is not a dirty wordCHAPTER 16 - TEN REASONS... Why the rich world is getting poorerPART THREE - Why We Should Be GladCHAPTER 17 - ECONOMY OR ECOLOGY? More jobs, less fossil fuel useCHAPTER 18 - LIFE WITHOUT OIL So what are the alternatives to fossil fuels?CHAPTER 19 - TIME TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM Re-evaluation of values; jobs firstCHAPTER 20 - JOBS WITHOUT GROWTH Politics that work, why we need global regulationCHAPTER 21 - WHERE NEXT? Likely trends; why the US will stay on topCHAPTER 22 - IS THERE A BETTER WAY? CONCLUSIONS