The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (48 page)

Irrigation

aquifers for

improvements in

in India

water for

Japan

oil imports by

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

pilot breeder reactors in

quantitative easing in

Jobs

economic growth and

in future

future management

Job specialization, money and

Johnson, Lyndon B.

official budget statistics debased by

Juice-Box model of oil extraction

Just-in-time delivery systems

fragility of

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Just-in-time food systems, future world and

Kazakhstan, uranium reserves in

Kennedy, John F.

official unemployment statistics debased by

Keynesian stimulus, Great Credit Bubble and

Kotlikoff, Laurence J., on United States liabilities

Labor, wealth and

Labor markets, truthful inflation reporting and

LaFleur, Tim, on hedonic inflation statistics

Land, future food supplies and

Land-based resources, wealth and

Land use, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Law of gravity

Leadership, for long-term prosperity

LED technology, halogen lamps versus

Legacy

of coming economic crisis

debt in

Legal obligations, debts as

Legal tender, dollars as

Lending.
See also
Borrowing

economic growth and

in end of growth

by Federal Reserve

future of

in money creation

types of money created by

“Lens, the”

LET systems

Levins, Alejandro

Liabilities

debt versus

economic growth and

entitlement

entitlement programs as

pension

unfunded

United States

Lietaer, Bernard, on money in future

Lignite coal, production and consumption of

Limitations

on adopting existing technologies

on economic growth

end of growth and

on oceanic resources

on population growth

of technology

Limited resources.
See also
Carrying capacity

consequences of

exponential growth and

wealth and

Limiting resources, wealth and

Linear growth, described

Linearity, exponential growth versus

Liquefaction, of coal

Living standard

author’s

declining U.S.

economic growth and

world population and

Lloyd’s of London, on oil production decline

Loan defaults, money creation and

Loans, debt and

Local culture, in relocating for the future

Local foods

Long-term investment, in foreseeable world economy

Long-term prosperity

Lower socioeconomic brackets, savings rate among

M3 (total money stock), exponential growth in

“Macks”

Macondo oil field

Malthus, Thomas, on population growth

Management.
See also
Resource management

of coming economic crisis

in future

Mandatory consumption, energy for

Mandatory pension payments

Mania, bubbles versus

Manufacturing

economic growth and

future of

in Slow Tumble scenario

by the United States

Markets.
See also
Bond markets; Credit market entries; Debt markets; Housing markets; Labor markets; Stock markets; Total credit market debt

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

in Slow Tumble scenario

Marxism, in end of growth

Maslow, Abraham, on hierarchy of needs

Mass transit systems, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Materials, in future

Matter, in open and closed systems

Meaningfulness, of the future

Media

economic growth as reported by

investment and

in Slow Tumble scenario

Median house prices, median income versus

Median income, median house prices versus

Medical technology, desirability of

Medicare

truthful inflation reporting versus

Medium of exchange, money as

Megatons to Megawatts program

Mercury (Hg)

in fish and sperm whales

increases in

Metals

economic growth and

import sources of

in preparing for the future

production of

required to build motor vehicles

Methanol, oil versus

Mexico

oil exports to United States by

oil production decline in

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Middle class, savings rate among

Middle East, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Mill, John Stuart, on wealth destruction

Mineral depletion, as predicament

Mineral resources

future of

quality of

quantity of

Minerals

depletion of

economic growth and

loss of irreplaceable

lost through dispersion

removal from soil via farming

required to build motor vehicles

U.S. imports of

Mining

of American coal

of copper

of uranium

Misinformation, investment and.
See also
Information

Mobs, bubbles and

Monetizing debt.
See also
Money printing

Money.
See also
Economics; Financial concepts

in Argentine economic crisis

barter versus

in coming economic crisis

creation of

debasing

debt and

debt as claim on future

defined

economic growth and

in end of growth

in energy valuation

future of

future possible deflation and inflation of

future world and

investment and

losing

loss of value of

“Peak Oil” and