The Physics of Capitalism

The Physics of Capitalism offers a prescient new perspective on environmental and economic sustainability: The fate of our economic systems is written in their energy flows. As author Erald Kolasi explains, throughout human history, economic growth has depended heavily on people extracting resources from their natural environments, converting those resources into energy, and concentrating the resulting energy flows towards the application of specific tasks. But we belong to the natural world--it does not belong to us. Swamped with multiple ecological challenges of historic proportions, global civilization now stands at a critical tipping point--one that deserves intense scrutiny. Humans are a very recent species, and yet in a very short time we have managed to become one of the most dominant life forms in the history of the planet. But our astonishing and unprecedented achievements also pose great ecological risks to the stability of our civilizations, threatening a global collapse. If we are to have any hope of addressing the difficult challenges we face, we must begin by appreciating their complexity--and then, we must act. As Kolasi unveils a new theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between our economic systems and the wider natural world, The Physics of Capitalism points the way to a new post-capitalist order, a comprehensive blueprint for the long-term viability and stability of human civilization on a global scale.