Book Review Why Your World is About to Get A Whole Lot Smaller

 

#1 National Bestseller and Winner of National Business Book   2012  

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GENRE  Non Fiction, Journal

AUTHOR Jeff Rubin

 PAGES 265

YEAR OF PUBLISH 2012

RELATED BOOKS The Carbon Bubble, The end of growth, The big flat line.

About the Author

Jeff Rubin was the Chief Financial specialist at CIBC World Markets, where he worked for over 20 a long time. He is presently a Senior Individual at the Middle for Worldwide Administration (CIGI). He lives in Toronto. 

He is the creator of the globally acclaimed Why Your World Is about to get a whole lot smaller, a #1 national blockbuster and the victor of the National Commerce Book Grant. His moment book, The End of growth, was a #1 blockbuster and made  best book of the year records in 2012. His most later book, The Carbon Bubble, too made the success list.

Book Review Why Your World is About to Get A Whole Lot Smaller

• Economist Jeff Rubin explained how oil is the prime factor for running the global economy. Every price tag you see, oil has made its mark. Due to cheap oil globalization attained such a celebrating status.

• In a convincing  tone, Jeff Rubin argues that despite the recent recessionary dip, oil prices will skyrocket again once the economy recovers. The very fact is, worldwide oil reserves are disappearing permanently.

• Consequently, the quantity of food and other goods we get from abroad are going to be curtailed; long-distance driving will become a luxury and international travel rare. Globalization as we all know it'll reverse. The near future are going to be a time that, in its physical limits, may resemble the distant past.

• Rubin prescribes priorities for President Obama and other leaders, from imposing carbon tariffs which will increase competition and productivity, to investing in mass transit rather than car-clogged highways, to forging “green” alliances between labor and management which will be good for both business and therefore the air we breathe.

• The book is full of statistics on how oil fluctuations impacted countries in the past.

• The author argues that as the price will go on increasing, as we are seeing for a couple of decades, the era of de-globalization will begin. Because, without cheap oil, globalization will not run. Our society will see a drastic change in living. Food, clothing, and other consumables will not be flown halfway of the earth to us. Business outsourcing, manufacturing will return back to their origin countries. We won't be able to afford it. We will be consuming more local made products, travel distance will reduce.

• I discovered what I question myself about couple of years of world's economy, globalization, climate change and recent financial crisis. This book should be read because it equip you to what is going to happen in the near future due to shortage of oil. If you notice, world is at initial stage of delocalization. We will shift into another reality. Globalization had its damage, generations to come will pay the price. It will be painful, but the end is near!

But Rubin isn't sure about the spell of doom and gloom but he is certain that soon, due to rising cost of energy, oil and transportation, and due to carbon tax  we will be able to buy pair of socks from the factory two streets away from where we dwell(instead from China)! So everything has its good and bad side.