The Lean Years: Politics in the Age of Scarcity (Abacus Books)

Cover......Page 1
Acknowledgments......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
PART ONE - THE COMING OF THE POSTPETROLEUM WORLD......Page 9
1 The Scarcity Puzzle......Page 10
2 Oil: Enough for What?......Page 16
3 Oil: The Politics of Transition......Page 33
4 Energy: What Is to Be Done?......Page 61
PART TWO - GUNS, BUTTER,  AND OIL: THE CHANGING FACE OF POWER......Page 105
5 Minerals: The Rocks of Civilization......Page 106
6 Food: Sowers, Reapers, Ranchers, and Eaters......Page 144
7 Water: The Springs of Life......Page 184
8 Scarce Resources and the New International Military Order......Page 209
PART THREE - THE GLOBAL FACTORY: THE PLANNING OF SCARCITY......Page 229
9 Multinational Corporations and the World Employment Crisis......Page 230
10 The Internationalization of Labor: Jobs and the New Economic Order......Page 258
11 The Politics of Survival......Page 286
Notes and Bibliography......Page 309
Index......Page 327
Back Cover......Page 340