Spokes 6: The Fruits of Civilization Table of Contents 790 pages {Notes}
The Fruits of Civilization (title page)
Foreword
Technology
Clocks
Discontinuities
Externalities
Energy
Fire Pistons
Heat Engines
Steam Engines
Internal Combustion Engines
Vehicles
Computers
Computer Components
Hardware
Digital Equipment Corporation
Personal Computers
Xerox PARC
Apple Computer
IBM PC
Software
History
Unix & C
Object Orientation
Concepts
C++
OOPC
Software continued
Software Swell
The Internet
World Wide Web
Adobe Flash
Security
World Wide Web continued
Documentation
Technical Support
Faith in Technology
Synopsis
Economics
The Dismal Science
Economic Systems
Scales of Economics
GDP
Econometrics
History
The Founding of Economics
Ethical Qualms
Jews
Ethical Qualms continued
Money
Gold
Money continued
China
The Roman Empire
Islam
Muhammad
Feudalism
Manorialism
Production
Livestock
Agriculture
Taxation
Society
Feudalism continued
Medieval Europe
Urban Revival
Medieval Europe continued 1
Champagne Fairs
Medieval Europe continued 2
By Land & Sea
Trading Companies
Finance
Manufacture
Waterwheels & Windmills
Clocks
Time Is Money
Medieval Europe continued 3
The Black Death
The Early Modern Period
Age of Discovery
Portugal
Christopher Columbus
Portugal continued
Spanish Conquistadors
The Early Modern Period continued
30 Years’ War
The Dutch Golden Age
Tulip Mania
The Dutch Golden Age continued
Industrial Technology
Printing
Knitting Trouble
Textiles
Shipbuilding
Metallurgy
Energy Production
Trade
The Slave Trade
Nationalism
England
The South Sea Bubble
The Mississippi Bubble
France in the Early Modern Period
Merchant Navies
Russia in the Early Modern Period
The American Revolution
Industrialization
Child Labor
India
Industrialization continued
Industrial Evolution
England Industrialization
Finance
Transport
Industrial Innovation
Steel
Industrial Chemistry
France Industrialization
Germany Industrialization
Modern Energy
Fossil Fuels
Coal
Clean Coal
Electricity
Generation & Distribution
Nuclear Power
Nuclear Power in Japan
Power continued
Petroleum
Renewable Energy
Biofuel
Hydroelectricity
Wind Power
Solar Power
Solar Concentrators
Photovoltaics
Society
The Working Class
Labor Unions
The Prophecy of Marx
Labor Unions continued
Education
Latecomers
Russia
Japan
Minamata
The 1997 East Asian Crisis
Africa
The Modern World Economy
Trade
Containerization
Imperialism
War & Economic Disintegration
The Gold Standard
Economic Cycles
Network Effects
Wenzhou, China
Recessions
Financial Crises
The Panic of 1873
Early 20th Century
War & Business
The Great Depression
The Florida Bubble
The Post-War World
Oil Shocks
Oil Shocks
1973 Oil Shock
1973-1975 Recession
1979 Oil Shock
The Post-War World continued
Black Monday (19 October 1987)
The Dot-Com Bubble
America Online
Yahoo!
Google
Finance
Banking
Hyperinflation
Tweaking Financial Vitality
Finance continued
American Property Bubbles
The 2008 Recession
Wells Fargo
Credit Card Companies
Banking continued
Economists
Thomas More
Adam Smith
Justus Möser
Thomas Malthus
Georg Hegel
David Ricardo
Jean Sismondi
Henri de Saint-Simon
John Stuart Mill
Louis Blanc
Karl Marx
Neoclassical Economics
Thorstein Veblen
Joseph Schumpeter
John Maynard Keynes
Irving Fischer
Friedrich Hayek
Ronald Coase
The Nature of the Firm
Externalities
Milton Friedman
John Kenneth Galbraith
Paul Samuelson
E.F. Schumacher
Alfred E. Kahn
Natural Monopolies
Predictability
Economics in Context
Economics & Psychology
Trust
Utility
Price
Interest Rates
Libor
Stock Markets
Limited Liability
Computerized Stock Trading
1962 Flash Crash
Nocturnal Profits
Stock Markets continued
Dynamic Pricing
Amazon.com
Market Clearing
Alternative Pricing
Gyres of Waste
Externalities
Price & Externalities
The Rational Animal
Unrealistic Assumptions
Growth
Investment
Innovation
Startups
Productivity
Pollution
Corporations
Herbal Supplements
Vehicles
Airbags
GlaxoSmithKline
Communication Dysfunction
Shareholder Interest
Agency Cost
Corporate Management Quality
Distorporations
Economies
Mergers & Acquisitions
Merger Waves
Market Power
Inefficiency
The Transportation Logistics Indusry
Inequality
Universality
Kuznets Curves
Africa
China
Germany
Regional Discrepancies
Labor/Capital Rewards
American Farm Workers
Corporate Inequity
CEO Pay
Company Size Wage Discrepancy
Hedge Funds
Inequality continued
Societal Impact
The Upper Middle Class
The Middle Class
Poverty
Political Implications
Employment
The Economic Value of Skill
Robotics
Mini-mills
Employment continued 1
Employment Figures
Precarious Employment
Labor Market Fluidity
Employment & Inflation
Shipping Jobs Overseas
Apple Computer
Employment continued 2
Bangladesh
Rena Plaza Collapse
The Value of Economics
Synopsis
The Fruits of Civilization
Ecological Impact
Easter Island
Tikopia
China
The Chemistry of China
Water Quality in China
Pigs Afloat
Algae Blooms
Soil Quality in China
Air Pollution in China
United States
The Anthropocene
Capitalist Incentive
General Electric
Climate Change
Earthworms
Climate Change continued
The Meking River Delta
Global Warming continued
Carbon Dioxide
Plants to the Rescue
Concrete
Methane
Wetlands
Cattle
Nitrous Oxide
The Ozonosphere
Chlorofluorocarbons
Thomas Midgley Jr.
Global Dimming
Ocean Warming
Phytoplankton
Oceanic Anoxia
Lobsters
Deglaciation & Rising Sea Level
American Toxic Sites
At the Poles
Permafrost
The World in Motion
Air
India
Dust
China
Dusted Oceans
The Dust Bowl
Arial Sea
Owens Lake
Buildings & Birds
Noise
Undersea Noise
Navy Sonar
Light
Water
Shipping
Plastic
Henderson Island
Overfishing
China
Krill
Coral Reefs
The Chinese in the South China Sea
The Americans in South Florida
Plankton
Water continued
The Deep Ocean
Freshwater
Irrigation
The Great Lakes
Mine Tailings Storage
Freshwater continued
Tap Water in America
Bottled Water
Last Stop
California’s Central Valley
California Going Dry
Land
Garbage
Space Junk
Mining
Lead
Fracking
Transport
Peatlands
Forests
Amazon Rainforest
Forests continued
African Baobab
Wildfires
Vines
Trees Downed by Trade
Soil
Everglades
Extinction
Reindeer
Elephants
Population
Blood Ivory
Prairie Dogs
King Penguins
Orangutans
Extinction continued
Protection
Proposed Solutions
Food Production
The Passenger Pigeon
Food Production continued
Food Waste
Fish Discards
Farmed Fish
Junk Food
Tractors
US Agriculture
The Green Revolution
The World Trade Organization
Land Inequity & Food Production
Pesticides
History
DDT
Neonicotinoids
Pesticides continued
Deadly Adjuvants
Soil continued
Agriculture (continued)
Nutritional Quality
Genetically Modified Organisms
Glyphosate
Dicamba
Biochemical Companies
Non-GMO GMO
Safety
Tapioca Debacle
GMO continued
Food Irradiation
Organic Farming
Livestock
Chickens
Pigs
Cattle
Veal
New Zealand Cow Seep
Food Prices
The Future of Food
Population
China
Carrying Capacity
The Future
Synopsis