253–254, 263
Financialization, 73, 86, 96, 97, 140, 155, 173, 198, 200, 232, 239, 241, 250–253, 275, 289, 301n21
Financial Services Agreement (FSA), 253
Fisher, Anthony, 89, 192, 195–197, 199, 201
Fisher, Joseph, 45
Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth, 183
Foran, Barney, 290
Ford, Gerald, 204
Ford, Henry, 177
Foreign investment, 65–66, 92, 93, 101, 109, 116, 118, 132, 168, 240, 252–253, 275
Forrester, Jay, 56–58, 258
Fossil fuel industries, 11, 13, 23, 69, 85, 115, 146, 192, 197, 205–206, 208, 211, 216–217, 221, 225–226, 228, 233–234, 238, 262. See also Coal; Gas; Oil
Fossil fuels, historical transition to, 7, 18, 20–21, 29
Foster, John Bellamy, 36–37
Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), 183, 197
Four freedoms, 85, 178
Fractional reserve banking, 282, 289
Freedom of contract. See Economic freedom
Freedom from want, 81, 85. See also Declaration of Human Rights; Four freedoms
Free enterprise. See Private enterprise
Free market. See Free trade; Market economy
Free Market Fundamentalism. See Neoliberalism
Free trade, 29–30, 93, 98–99, 101, 107, 112–115, 124, 126, 128, 155–156, 161, 168, 197, 239, 246–250, 252–253, 257, 278, 282, 303n22
protectionism by rich countries, 114–115
Freud, Sigmund, 76
Frieden, Jeffry, 96
Friedman, Milton, 67, 81, 89–90, 96, 143, 190, 199–200, 202
Friedman, Thomas, 98–99, 198, 251
Front groups, 206–207
Frontiers of Freedom, 208, 209
G7. See G8
G8, 244, 246
G20, 117, 244–246, 254
Galbraith, John Kenneth, vii, 74–75, 280
Garnaut, Ross, 102
Gas, 11, 24, 62, 94, 259–264
GDP, xxiii, 8, 26, 33, 37, 111, 114, 121, 130–131, 157, 184, 203, 212, 240, 244, 248–249, 251, 269, 274, 291, 296n2
problems of, 158–160
Gelbspan, Ross, 223
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). See WTO
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). See WTO
Global Environmental Outlook (GEO) reports. See UNEP
George, Susan, 118
George C. Marshall Institute, 206, 208, 219, 223, 230, 235
Georgescu-Røegen, Nicholas, 22, 24, 34
Ghandi, Indira, 138
Gilding, Paul, 15, 289
Gillard government, xxv, 219, 226
Gillette, Robert, 52
Global Climate Coalition, 208
Globalization, 68, 85, 98–100, 102, 112–115, 122, 124, 154, 156–157, 168, 239, 241, 250, 276
Global middle class, 100–102, 106, 113, 123–124, 132, 148–149
Global warming, 85, 101, 141, 146, 205, 206, 222, 227, 234, 263, 279. See also Denial
alleged debate, 227, 237
delaying action, 208, 209, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 219, 223, 224, 226, 228, 233
scientific consensus on, 215, 218, 227, 232, 235–237
Goebbels, Joseph, 226
Goldman, Michael, 139
Goldston, David, 212
Goodman, Amy, 153–154
Gramm, Phil, 200
Great Depression, 8, 70, 72–73, 80, 87–88, 90, 92–93, 95–96, 98, 166, 168, 173, 182, 184
Greater good, 138–139, 142–144, 174, 177. See also Common good
Greed. See Self–interest
Green, Mark, 187, 202
Green GDP, 158–159
Greenhouse gas emissions, 19, 24, 48, 55, 84–85, 101, 115, 153, 156–157, 205, 214, 215–216, 218, 220–221, 223–226, 233–234, 263–264, 266–267, 269, 271, 273, 281
Greenhouse mafia. See Australian Industry Greenhouse Network
Green Revolution, 11, 45, 46–47, 50, 147
Greenwashing, 206
Growth. See also Economic growth
exponential (compound), 7–8, 18, 25–26, 33, 35, 43, 59, 102–103, 259–261, 264, 267
Grubb, Michael, 128–129
Hall, Charles, 267–268
Hamilton, Clive, 78, 211, 289
Hansen, Alvin, 181
Hansen, James, 205, 222
Hardin, Garrett, 47–50, 62, 103
Harding, Warren G., 172
Harmer, Wendy, 77
Harris, Nigel, 112
Harris, Ralph, 89, 98, 200–201, 233
Harvey, David, 292
Hawke-Keating government, 204, 241
Hayek, Friedrich von, 81, 88–90, 93, 96–98, 189, 192, 196, 199–200, 202
Heartland Institute, 192, 208, 312n10
Heritage Foundation, 89, 97–98, 191–193, 201, 207, 214–217, 306n16, 315n95
Herrick, Charles, 231
Hill and Knowlton. See Public relations
Hobsbawm, Eric, 68
Hofer, Ernest,
David Stuckler Sanjay Basu
Aiden James, Patrick Burdine