The light, the rare and the dry Sweet refinement Mono-resource as an economic platform The gold standard Notes
16 8 Resource Projects Robinson Crusoe on the British Isles Darien The regent and coffee John Law Cantillon Notes
17 9 Labour and the Mercantile Pump The benefit of colonies Two monopolies Undivided labour A live monster Two pumps Notes
18 10 The Resources that Failed Anti-imperial France Post-colonial America Malthus Jevons Keynes Notes
21 12 Coal Water power Ghost acres Strikes The Mitchell thesis Notes
22 13 Oil Fountains and pipes Farflung corners The blood of nations The petrostate The science of curses Carbon and gender The oil standard The Russian disease The carbon standard Oil into food Destroying society Notes
23 Conclusion: Leviathan or Gaia The Gaia hypothesis The parasitic state Progress and the katechon Four justices Notes
24 References and Bibliography
25 Index
Guide
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