THE END OF GROWTH
Book ID/图书代码： 11514012B52016
English Summary/英文概要： 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 and economists are missing the fact that the real engine of economic growth has always been cheap, abundant fuel and resources. But that era is over. The end of cheap oil, Rubin argues, signals the end of growth--and the end of easy answers to renewing prosperity.
Rubin’s own equation is clear: with China and India sucking up the lion’s share of the world’s ever more limited resources, the rest of us will have to make do with less. But is this all bad? Can less actually be more? Rubin points out that there is no research to show that people living in countries with hard-charging economies are happier, and plenty of research to show that some of the most contented people on the planet live in places with no-growth or slow-growth GDPs. But it doesn’t matter whether it’s bad or good, it’s the new reality: our world is not only about to get smaller, our day-to-day lives are about to be a whole lot different.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 低油價的時代已終結，榮景似乎越離越遠，但這代表未來的日子就會充滿堪憂嗎？！ 廉價石油的時代的終結是否也代表榮景的末日？！未來生活將何去何從？
加拿大經濟學家及資源分析師Jeff Rubin認為世界各國政府正走向一個錯誤方向，看似帶領經濟復甦，其實是讓我們掉進更大的黑洞！因為大多數的政客及經濟學家都忽視一個事實，那就是提供經濟繁榮發展不可或缺的廉價、充足的能源，但是這樣的情況及時代已不復在！這警示著未來的日子就會充滿堪憂嗎？
目前中國及印度掌握全球絕大部分的資源，而可用資源越來越少的我們，就真的坐以待斃嗎？「少」要如何變「多」呢？作者指出沒有任何研究報告顯示生活在經濟富裕國家的人就比較快樂，而事實上許多地球上生活過得很知足的人都住在落後或經濟成展緩慢的地方。
此外，作者最重要是要告訴我們，不管日後景氣是好或壞，世界不會真的變成一個「地球村」，我們的生活將會有截然不同的轉變！(Vincent)
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World English rights to Palgrave Macmillan #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“I greatly enjoyed The End of Growth. It conveys a multidimensional description of the current situation from the point of view of various global players.... The economic concepts, no matter how complex, are expressed through connections and analogies, bound to entice the readers with and without economics background alike.”---Canadian Insider Business
“Rubin’s book is well worth reading, particularly for those interested in political debates over the Enbridge, Kinder Morgan, and Keystone pipelines.”---The Georgia Straight
About the Author/作者介绍： Jeff Rubin，為前CIBC World Markets Inc.《加拿大帝國銀行世界市場》首席經濟學家，曾在該公司服務超過20年。他是第一位準確預估油價將在2000年時飆漲的經濟學家，是目前世界知名的能源經濟學家。
Jeff Rubin was the Chief Economist and Chief Strategist at CIBC World Markets where he worked for over 20 years. He was one of the first economists to accurately predict soaring oil prices back in 2000 and is now one of the world’s most sought-after energy experts. He lives in Toronto.
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