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BOOKS / Roger Baker : Richard Heinberg’s ‘The End of Growth’
Another ‘inconvenient truth’:Richard Heinberg’s The End of Growth “The central assertion of this book is both simple and startling: economic growth as we have known it is over and done with.” — Richard Heinberg, introduction to The End of Growth … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Global Economy, Peak Oil, Richard Heinberg, Roger Baker
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BOOKS / Roger Baker : Gar Alperovitz’s ‘America Beyond Capitalism’
Seeking democratic alternatives:Gar Alperovitz’s America Beyond Capitalism By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / February 2, 2012 Historian and political economist Gar Alperovitz, author of America Beyond Capitalism, will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Feb. 3, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Capitalism, Economics, Gar Alperovitz, Political Economy, Post-Capitalist Theory, Roger Baker, Socialism
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Rag Radio : We Interview Nonviolent Activist Val Liveoak and Author Robert H. Frank
Nonviolent Activist Val Liveoak of Peacekeeping en Las Americason Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer. Listen to it here: Also listen to New York Times Columnist Robert H. Frank,Author of The Darwin Economy, on Rag Radio, here: (Texas Music Hall of … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Economics, Nonviolence, Rag Radio, Robert H. Frank, Roger Baker, Social Activism, Thorne Dreyer, Val Liveoak
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Roger Baker : The Texas Road Lobby Meets Peak Oil
Photo by Rupert Ganzer / Flickr.Coming soon:Peak oil, peak driving, peak cars Part IV: The Texas road lobby meets peak oil By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2011 [This is the fourth and final part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Peak Driving, Peak Oil, Roger Baker, Texas Politics, Texas Road Loby, Transportation, TXDot
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Roger Baker : U.S. Driving Hits the Wall
Digitized image by Harm van den Dorpel / Today and Tomorrow.Coming soon:Peak oil, peak driving, peak cars Part III: U.S. driving hits the wall By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / July 7, 2011 [This is the third part … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Economic Crisis, Peak Driving, Peak Oil, Roger Baker, Transportation
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Roger Baker : U.S. Driving Hits the Wall
Digitized image by Harm van den Dorpel / Today and Tomorrow.Coming soon:Peak oil, peak driving, peak cars Part III: U.S. driving hits the wall By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / July 6, 2011 [This is the third part … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Economic Crisis, Peak Driving, Peak Oil, Roger Baker, Transportation
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Roger Baker : Have We Turned the Corner on Peak Driving?
A window on peak driving. Image from The Auto Channel.Coming soon:Peak oil, peak driving, peak cars Part II: Have we turned the corner on peak driving? By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / June 23, 2011 [This is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Peak Driving, Peak Oil, Roger Baker, Transportation
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Roger Baker : Have We Turned the Corner on Peak Driving?
A window on peak driving. Image from The Auto Channel.Coming soon:Peak oil, peak driving, peak cars Part II: Have we turned the corner on peak driving? By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / June 23, 2011 This is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Peak Driving, Peak Oil, Roger Baker, Transportation
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Roger Baker : Playing ‘Peak-a-Boo’ With the Earth
Cartoon by Andrew Weldon / The Age / National Museum of Australia-Canberra.Coming soon:Peak oil, peak driving, peak cars Part I: Fuel prices and the global oil supply By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / June 8, 2011 In recent … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Recovery, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Global Economy, Peak Oil, Roger Baker, Transportation
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Roger Baker : American Political Denial and the ‘Downsizing of Civilization’
Image from Gas 2.0. “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel. I drive a Mercedes. My son drives a Mercedes. His son will ride a camel.” — Saudi warning Our only hope may lie in crisis:American politics … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, American Society, Economic Crisis, Global Warming, Peak Oil, Roger Baker
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Chris Hedges : Collapse of the Liberal Class
Image from Voices in Dialogue.A choreographed charade:The world liberal opportunists made The collapse of liberal institutions means those outside the circles of power are trapped, with no recourse, and this is why many Americans are turning in desperation toward idiotic … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Chris Hedges, Corporate Power, Liberalism, Political Opinion, Roger Baker
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Roger Baker : Fed’s $2 Trillion Won’t Buy Much
Cartoon from Black Commentator.Time to reboot?Fed’s big bucks may be drops in bucket By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 14, 2010 As is often the case, Bloomberg tells it like it is, although a little interpretation is … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Economics, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Roger Baker
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