Collapse

This set of pages outlines the multitude of reasons why our current economic system is fundamentally unsustainable and why some very fundamental changes will be necessary to develop a sustainable global civilization that can ensure long and happy lives for countless future generations. The following topics are covered:

• We are moving into the age of expensive energy
• We are reaching the outer limits of our finite planet
• The law of diminishing returns is really starting to hurt our economy
• Our systems encourage individual profit before system efficiency
• We also live in a system where it is more profitable to speculate than to produce
• Our global economy has far too many things in common with Ponzi schemes
• Our society is characterized by a total lack of individual financial resilience

Following these seven reasons for guaranteed collapse of our business as usual paradigm, a page will be dedicated to the steps needed to heal our broken system and another page to the great practical challenges to implementing the proposed solutions. This final page also re-emphasizes the crucial importance of individual initiative through constructive lifestyle change as a method for building a sustainable society.