Economic collapse is one catastrophe removed from the fiat gorges and golden, nationalizing summits of cyclic, pandemic expansion (the Bull), recession (the Bear), and depression (the mirror’s fractal, in absentia, that this market is illusionary delusion) that pockmarked our prior two centuries; our present, world-presiding Economy is globalized, is collateralized with globular incendiary weaponry, is just-in-time, unjustly optimized, and is, indiscreetly, collapsing. This demise exceeds analogy and histories; this exceeds predictive power and histrionics. This is a phase change — profound, founded in blood and All-Power, and oncoming.

Readings

1. Summary.
   1. Book Excerpts.
      1. Dmitry Orlov. Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects. 2008.
   2. Essays.
      1. Dave Pollard. Dominoes. 2008-08-13.
      2. Charles Eisenstein. Money and the Crisis of Civilization. 2008-10-03.
2. Causes.
   1. Articles.
      1. Dmitry Orlov. The Despotism of the Image. 2007]].
   2. Essays.
      1. Kiashu. The Freezing Point of Industrial Society. 2007-11-14.
   3. FAQs.
      1. Gail Tverberg. Economic Impact of Peak Oil. 2007.
   4. Papers.
      1. John Michael Greer. How Civilizations Fall: A Theory of Catabolic Collapse. 2005.
   5. Speeches.
      1. Gail Tverberg. The Expected Economic Impact of an Energy Downturn. 2008-03-26.
3. Consequences.
   1. Essays.
      1. Dmitry Orlov. The Five Stages of Collapse. 2008-02-22.
      2. Dmitry Orlov. Post-Soviet Lessons for a Post-American Century. 2005-06-01.
4. Solutions.
   1. Books.
      1. Henry David Thoreau. Walden (or, Life in the Woods). 1854.
   2. Book excerpts.
      1. Aldous Huxley. Island. 1962.
      2. Octavia E. Butler. Earthseed. 1993.
   3. Essays.
      1. Anonymous. A Declaration of Independence from the Government of the United States of America. 2008-07-02.
      2. Anonymous. Declaration of Defeat. 2008-03-07.
      3. Bob Black. The Abolition of Work. 1985, 1991.
      4. Dmitry Orlov. Thriving in the Age of Collapse. 2005.
      5. Henry David Thoreau. On Civil Disobedience. 1849.
      6. Jeff Vail. Envisioning a Hamlet Economy. 2006-04-12.
      7. Jeff Vail. What Is Rhizome? 2008-01-28.
      8. Ran Prieur. How to Drop Out. 2008-10-17.
      9. Wendell Berry. The Idea of a Local Economy. 2001.
   4. Papers.
      1. Gund Institute for Ecological Economics. Overcoming Systemic Roadblocks to Sustainability: The Evolutionary Redesign of Worldviews, Institutions, and Technologies. 2009-05-08.
   5. Speeches.
      1. Jimmy Carter. Energy and the National Goals. 1979-06-15.

Synopsis

Economic collapse is the hemorrhaged residual of peak oil, climate change, and ecologic collapse — an unyieldingly, spiralingly Riotious spray of damage.

Timorous, bourgeoisie-sonorous boom/busts of industrialism‘s soil-extracting wealth production are products, in our brittling endtime-chimes, of industrialism; now, as this project’s triage fails, please bid a starry welcome to economic collapse.

The world of money
   is all imaginary.
Now everyone knows.
— Ran Prieur.