Consumer suburbia is dead. 2 interviews: UK Gov't adviser Tim Jackson on book "Prosperity Without Growth" (time for big changes); ASPO Peak Oil analyst Dave Cohen on dying American Empire, Plus Canada's risky real estate, while Australia slowly cooks.
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Songs "Times Is Hard" Loudon Wainwright III, "Dinosaurs Will Die" NOFX. Clips from Max Keiser, Combat Wombat, Jeff Buckley, Bob Holman.
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Unlike most government advisers, Professor Tim Jackson is frank about our difficult situation - the deteriorating economy, climate, and energy systems. He proposes an economy for a finite planet - where "prosperity" means a lot more than GDP. His ideas are catching on with governments and NGO's around the world.
Dave Cohen got away with saying the American Empire is in decline. So what's next?
I reference an article published by Mish Shedlock on the unreality of real estate in Canada, where the government backs every mortgage, and you can still borrow 100% of the hugely inflated price of a home. Average home in Vancouver over $800,000. Toronto $600,000. Think that's going to last, as Canada de-industrializes. Sound very familiar to the U.S.
Australia sweated through a hot winter. It's not quite Summer yet, and already the heat waves and fires have begun again. Even while the country burns, the deniers and the coal industry run rampant. Not much hope, when we can't see the destruction even when it's all around us.
This is the program that breaks the formula, where everything has to end on a hopeful note. Maybe we're just too stupid to survive?
