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Information on How to Order Books

In the sections below, we have linked books to the Amazon.com site where it is available.

Other books or reports are available through the institution which publishes them.

For more books and information on how to order out of print books, see our Book Ordering Guide.

(OP= Out of Print)


WORLD FUTURE FUND REPORTS
 
 

America and the World 2030 - A View in Pictures


 
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE

World on the Edge   (2011)   Free Download of Book, PDF

PBS Series:  Journey to Planet Earth

Lester Brown's Annual Global Budget for Environmental Reform  (Way too optimistic but a good start.)



OECD ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK FOR 2050 IS GRIM

This report releases a sober warning of consequences by 2050 if actions are not taken to put the world on a sustainable path.

OECD Environmental Outlook Summary
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 Report PDF

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND 2012 LIVING PLANET REPORT
This report highlights the tremendous pressure that we are putting on the planet, we are using 50% more resources than the Earth can provide. By 2030, even two planets will not be enough.

Report Summary
Living Planet Report 2012 PDF
MSNBC: Global Biodiversity Down 30 Percent in 40 Years

CLUB OF ROME
2052: A GLOBAL FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FORTY YEARS


Summary
2052: A Global Forecast For The Next Forty Years  by Jorgen Randers
Club of Rome Launch: Watch it here
 

PEOPLE AND THE PLANET REPORT  (Royal Society, London)
 

Summary
Summary   PDF
Report PDF
 

SOME HIGHLY RELEVANT WEB PAGES

Web Site on Extinctions  Human beings are exterminating other forms of life at the highest rate in millions of years.
   It shows the savage nature of today's world "order".

American Society of Civil Engineers Report Card  Excellent study of America's decaying infrastructure.

WFF Map on Global Forest Destruction

Daniel Beltra's Photos of the Natural World and Its Destruction by Man


GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL BOOKS

A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations by Clive Ponting

Collapse  by Jared Diamond


WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE

Vital Signs (Annual)
State of the World (Annual)

Worldwatch Institute Online Features


WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE


UNITED NATIONS

UN Human Development Report (Annual)

United Nations Millennium Development Goals

United Nations Population Fund

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization


Climate Change

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Gateway to the United Nations System's Work on Climate Change

Pictures of Impact of Climate Change   BBC Version  


WORLD BANK

Millenium Development Goals


DATA

International Monetary Fund- Country Index

World Health Organization 

International Labor Organization


ENERGY

International Energy Agency

IEA World Energy Outlook

BP Statistical Review of World Energy Industry 

Cheney Energy Plan 2001


MILITARY

U.S. Defense Department
Defense Publications

CIA National Intelligence Council (NIC)  (Future Projections)

CIA World Fact Book

CIA Mapping the Global Future 2030 Project


OECD

OECD Fact Book

Angus Maddison Home Site Publications

The World Economy -Angus Maddison
 


U.S. GOVERNMENT

White House Council of Economic Advisers Publications

U.S. Budget

Historical Tables


U.S. Statistical Abstract
Government Printing Office

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Energy Information Administration

Federal Election Commission

FedNet - Broadcast Coverage of the United States Government

First Gov
Fedstats Fast Facts
FEDSTATS

WFF Details on Cost of 2008-2009 Financial Bailout


LUXEMBURG INCOME STUDY

One of the most detailed databases on comparative social statistics.


GENERAL

(OP= Out of Print)

Web Site on Extinctions

WFF Map on Global Forest Destruction

Global Forest Watch  Maps  Amazing maps of the destruction of the world's forests

American Society of Civil Engineers Report Card  Excellent study of America's decaying infrastructure.

Al Gore Official Web Site

US Debt Report  This contains a statistic rarely seen since it is buried in the data put out by the Federal Reserve. 
 It's the ratio of total U.S. debt, public and private, to the economy. 
 It is not pleasant reading.  It's at an all-time high.  Unfortunately, the format of this site is very sloppy but the data is real.


U.S. SOCIAL POLICY

Poverty and Society by Daniel Devine. (OP) Excellent book on government social programs around the world. Shows history of programs. Excellent weapon to knock down delusions that U.S. government is "too big". (In reality it's the smallest in the developed world as a share of GNP.)

The Good Old Days - They Were Terrible by Otto Bettman. A truly excellent book filled with marvelous pictures. A healthy cure for naive nostalgia about the American past was. Shows America's long-term poverty and crime problems.

Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges   A very creative book about the failure and decline of American liberalism in modern times.  Written from a somewhat radical left perspective we don't agree with all of it but overall a very creative view about a lack of courage in America's ruling elites.

The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz. A good antidote for delusions about the lack of government intervention in America's past. Shows how "independent" pioneers received astronomical subsidies from the government in things like land grants (of land stolen from the Native Americans). If today's inner city residents got this kind of cash from the government, poverty would almost vanish.