**NATIONAL BESTSELLERBestselling economist Jeff Rubin warns that the shock inflation of 2021 is the front of a perfect storm of war, supply-chain disruption, geopolitical realignment, domestic upheaval, and energy scarcity that will change everything.**During the pandemic, government deficits skyrocketed to record highs while central banks primed the printing presses—and the time has come to pay for it. The ramifications of international COVID-19 spending could pot...

As the price of oil falls, bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin takes us to the epicentre of the bursting global carbon bubble, and dares us to imagine a new engine for growth that does not run on oil.For a decade, the vision of Canada's future as an energy superpower has driven the country's political agenda, as well as the fast-paced development of Alberta's oil sands and the push for more pipelines like Keystone XL across the continent to bring that bitum...

From the #1 bestselling author of Why Your World Is About to Get A Whole Lot Smaller, a provocative, far-reaching account of how the middle class got stuck with the bill for globalization, and how the blowback—from Brexit to Trump to populist Europe—will change the developed world.Real wages in North America have not risen since the 1970s. Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If...

In an urgent follow-up to his best-selling Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, Jeff Rubin argues that the end of cheap oil means the end of growth. What it will be like to live in a world where growth is over?Economist and resource analyst Jeff Rubin is certain that the world's governments are getting it wrong. Instead of moving us toward economic recovery, measures being taken around the globe right now are digging us into a deeper hole. Both politicians a...

What do subprime mortgages, Atlantic salmon dinners, SUVs and globalization have in common?They all depend on cheap oil. And in a world of dwindling oil supplies and steadily mounting demand around the world, there is no such thing as cheap oil. Oil might be less expensive in the middle of a recession, but it will never be cheap again.Take away cheap oil, and the global economy is getting the shock of its life.From the ageing oilfields of Saudi Arabia and the United...

In an urgent follow-up to his best-selling Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, Jeff Rubin argues that the end of cheap oil means the end of growth. What it will be like to live in a world where growth is over?Economist and resource analyst Jeff Rubin is certain that the world's governments are getting it wrong. Instead of moving us toward economic recovery, the measures being taken around the globe right now are digging us into a deeper hole. Both politician...

From the #1 bestselling author of Why Your World Is About to Get A Whole Lot Smaller, a provocative, far-reaching account of how the middle class got stuck with the bill for globalization, and how the blowback—from Brexit to Trump to populist Europe—will change the developed world.Real wages in North America have not risen since the 1970s. Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If...

An internationally renowned energy expert has written a book essential for every American–a galvanizing account of how the rising price and diminishing availability of oil are going to radically change our lives. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a powerful and provocative book that explores what the new global economy will look like and what it will mean for all of us.In a compelling and accessible style, Jeff Rubin reveals that despite the rec...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERBestselling economist Jeff Rubin warns that the shock inflation of 2021 is the front of a perfect storm of war, supply-chain disruption, geopolitical realignment, domestic upheaval, and energy scarcity that will change everything.**During the pandemic, government deficits skyrocketed to record highs while central banks primed the printing presses—and the time has come to pay for it. The ramifications of international COVID-19 spending could pot...

Wisdom of Age is a true account of personal observations and lessons learned about life from children starting out to those who’ve lived it. More than a book, it’s a compendium of wisdom that people age 5 to 103, have chosen to share about growing up, growing old, and the years in between. Within its pages, expect to find an open, honest, and compelling resource that anyone can turn to again and again for humor, warmth, inspiration, motivation, affirmation, and comfort. It is also a source...

全球化只是種偽裝——中產階級成了惡性競爭的痛苦受害者。全球化所造成的輸家遠比我們想像得還來的多！全球化真的人人皆受益嗎？天下沒有白吃的午餐，有人必須買單──而買單的人很可能就是你我。全球化的實際代價是不可忽視的！隨著Covid-19病毒對世界各地的經濟帶來衝擊，互相連結、彼此依賴的世界經濟，因病毒造成前所未有的大規模全球經濟衰退，中產階級竟成了全球化浪潮下的犧牲者？在全球化的時代，雖然消費支出和GDP的持續成長以及創紀錄的股市多頭，會讓人以為我們處在經濟成長的道路上，但這是一個危險的錯覺。因為消費支出、GDP成長和股市上漲，與你的經濟健康幾乎沒有任何關係，那些指標只是用來衡量富人的經濟健康，處在迅速萎縮的中產階級，正是全球化下的犧牲品。強勁成長的背後，利益分配極度扭曲不均，理論上每個人都應該過得更好，但現在許多人...

New York Times-bestselling writers JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS, DESCENDER), MATT KINDT (BANG!, MIND MGMT), and internationally acclaimed artist DAVID RUBÍN (ETHER, BEOWULF) unite on this original graphic novel, COSMIC DETECTIVE. An epic science fiction mystery that asks: when a God is murdered, who solves the crime? Enter our Detective. The murder of a god threatens to tear apart the very fabric of our reality. Only our detective stands in the way of utter destruction. But will the mystery h...