Bleakonomics

Rob Larson teaches Economics at Tacoma Community College in Washington State, USA. He is active with Occupy Tacoma and Jobs with Justice, and writes regularly for Dollars and Sense and Z Magazine.

Preface The Plutonomy Papers


Part 1: External Damnation The market’s unintended impact on the environment


Introduction 'Externalities' in theory


1. Come Hell and High Water


2. Hug Them While They Last


3. Hot Water Capitalism's "best economic case"


4. The Brown Peril Atmospheric


5. Cause and Side-Effect


6. As Not Seen On TV


Part 2: Will Work For Peanuts The job market and war on labor


Introduction The labor market in theory


7. Classroots


8. Hitting the Class Ceiling


9. Fight and Flight


10. MidEast Meets MidWest


11. Ebony & Irony


12. The Subprime Court


13. Keeping Down With the Joneses


Part 3: The Invisible Hand Gives the Finger The crisis-prone finance market


Introduction Credit markets in theory


14. Pop Goes the Economy


15. Not Too Big Enough


16. Bonanzas As Usual


17. Fed Up


18. Starved For Attention


Conclusion: Invisible Sleight-of-Hand Economics as a failed science


Notes


Index