Peak Energy and the
Limits to Global Economic Growth
Annual Report 2011
World oil production will peak before 2020; world coal production will peak before 2030; and world natural gas production will peak around 2040. World total energy supply will peak in the mid-2030s. As rising energy efficiency fails to offset declining energy supply, gross world output peaks around 2050 and declines over the second half of the 21st century. While the carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels consumption are projected to peak before 2030, the cumulative carbon dioxide emissions over the century imply a long-term global warming of 3.5-7°C, with potentially catastrophic consequences for the humanity …
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China:
Peak Energy and the Limits to Economic Growth (November 4, 2011, presentation)
Global
Imbalances, Peak Oil, and the Next Global Economics Crisis (April 14, 2011, presentation)
China,
Peak Oil, and Climate Change (February 11, 2011, presentation)
Will
Chinese Workers Challenge Global Capitalism? (Interview
with Pau Jay, August 18, 2010)
Two-Degree
Warming Is Already beyond Our Reach (March 5, 2009, presentation)
Interview
with Paul Jay, on Climate Change and Capitalism (December 7, 2009, see
the interview here)
Interview
with Paul Jay, on US, China, and Global Imbalances (November 30, 2009, see
the interview here)
Crisis
and Revolution (November 13, 2009 at New York and December 1, 2009 at Paris, presentation)
Interview
with Eleftherotypia
(Greek National Newspaper) (November 13, 2009, read the interview
here)
Interview
with Paul Jay, on China and Climate Change (September 26, 2009, see
the interview here)
Interview
with Paul Jay, on China and the Global Crisis (September 26, 2009, see
the interview here)
从世界历史角度看资本主义世界经济危机（2009年8月，乌有之乡讲座视频）
Interview
with Croatian Newspaper Novi Zagreb
(May 2009, read the
interview here)
The Rise of China and the Demise of the
Capitalist World-Economy (Pluto Press,
November 2008)
"Minqi Li has accomplished something different and very
important. He has placed the 'rise of China' from the Mao era to today in the
context of the history of the entire world-system. He makes a persuasive case
that the very success of capitalist methods in China has so overloaded the
capacities for accumulation of the world-system as a whole that this rise has
become a major factor in the coming demise of the world capitalist system. This
is a book which explains much that seems a puzzle and challenges the received opinion
of many analysts. It should be read by all concerned persons."
-------- Immanuel Wallerstein
on The Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World-Economy
See
the review in Choice (publication of the Association
of College and Research Libraries)
See
the review by Pun Ngai, a leading Asian labor activist
Table
of Contents Preface Buy
the book here and here
二十一世纪危机：中国与世界（2008年10月，演示文件）
当前世界经济危机与中国未来（2008年10月，演示文件
和 报告记录稿）
计划经济还是市场经济？：若干理论和实证问题（2008年10月，演示文件）
Global
Crisis, Peak Energy, and the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism (October
7, 2008, presentation)
Peak
Energy and the Limits to
Interviews
with Paul Jay, on
(Paul Jay is the Senior Editor
and CEO of the Real News Network and former Executive Producer of the Canadian
television debate show “Counter Spin.”
The Real News Network is the world’s first viewer supported daily video
news network, based in
The
Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World-Economy (April 25, 2008, presentation)
Climate
Change and the Imperative for Socialism (April 25, 2008, presentation)
气候变化、全球危机和世界社会主义的未来（演示文件）
Capitalist
Development and Class Struggle in
(This is a book manuscript completed during 1993-1996)
中国资本主义的发展和阶级斗争（中文版）
Economics 5430/6430 (Spring 2011)
Homework 1 (due Jan 26 in class)
Homework 2 (due April 10 in class)
Economics 7004 (Spring 2011)
Economics 5420/6420 (Fall 2011)
Final Exam: December 14 (Wed), 1-4pm, WEB L114
Final Exam Study Guide: Week 2, Arrighi “Historical Capitalism, East and West” (pp.259-299); Week 5, Li “Global Imbalances, Peak Oil, and the Next Global Crisis”; please bring a blue book to the exam.
Economics 7600 (Fall 2011)
Final Exam, December 14 (Wed), 10-12noon, JJR Library
Economics 4020 (Fall 2010)
Midterm Exam Study Guide:
Mankiw, Chapter 3, section 1, 2, 3, 4 (pp. 47-54; 57-59; 61-73), Problem 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (p.77)
Mankiw, Chapter 5, section 1, 2, 3 (pp. 121-131; 135-143), Problem 2, 3, 4, 5 (p.151)
Mankiw, Chapter 6, section 3 (pp. 169-175), Problem 5 (p.188)
Mankiw, Chapter 7, section 1, 2, 3 (pp. 192-206; 211-214), Problem 1, 2 (p.219)
Mankiw, Chapter 8, section 1 (pp. 222-225), Problem 1, 2 (p.245)
Homework #2
Mankiw, Chapter 11, pp.336-337, problem 2 and 3 (a, b, c, d, e only)
Final Exam: December 14, 8-10am
Final Exam Readings: Chapter 10; Chapter 11 (section 1 and 2, pp.311-325); Chapter 12 (section 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, pp.339-365); Chapter 13 (section 1, pp.379-387)
Economics 5060/6060 (Fall 2010)
Midterm Exam Reading Guide:
E.K. Hunt, Chapter 3 (pp.50-62); Chapter 4 (pp. 71-79; 84-85); Chapter 5 (pp. 97-113); Chapter 9 (pp. 208-210; 218-219) and lecture notes on the “Transformation Problem”
Final Exam: December 17, 10:30am-12:30pm
Final Exam Readings: Chapter 14 (p.385, pp.388-389); Chapter 15 (pp.400-416); Chapter 16