Tag Archives: collapse
Why Oil Prices Can’t Bounce Very High; Expect Deflation Instead
Economists have given us a model of how prices and quantities of goods are supposed to interact. Unfortunately, this model is woefully inadequate. It sort of works, until it doesn’t. If there is too little of a product, higher prices … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged collapse, exports, imports, low oil prices, peak oil, supply and demand
2,280 Comments
The Next Financial Crisis Is Not Far Away
Recently, a Spanish group called “Ecologists in Action” asked me to give them a presentation on what kind of financial crisis we should expect. They wanted to know when it would be and how it would take place. The answer … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged collapse, economic growth, energy consumption, oil prices, peak oil
3,812 Comments
Deflationary Collapse Ahead?
Both the stock market and oil prices have been plunging. Is this “just another cycle,” or is it something much worse? I think it is something much worse. Back in January, I wrote a post called Oil and the Economy: Where … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged China debt, collapse, deflation, financial collapse, low oil prices, recession
1,514 Comments
Why Standard Economic Models Don’t Work–Our Economy is a Network
The story of energy and the economy seems to be an obvious common sense one: some sources of energy are becoming scarce or overly polluting, so we need to develop new ones. The new ones may be more expensive, but … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications, Introductory Post
Tagged collapse, economic models, networked systems, oil price, oil substitution, peak oil
967 Comments
Converging Energy Crises – And How our Current Situation Differs from the Past
At the Age of Limits Conference, I gave a talk called Converging Crises (PDF), talking about the crises facing us as we reach energy limits. In this post, I discuss some highlights from a fairly long talk. A related topic is how … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged collapse, John Michael Greer, oil price, population growth, sixth mass extinction
749 Comments
