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Introduction
1. We Are in Deep Trouble and We're Not Alone
-Today's Reality
-We Are Not a Going Concern
-We Are a Society Dependent on Entitlements
-Our Aging Population Is Expensive
-We Are Digging a Hole to China with Unfunded Debt
-We Export Our Consumer-Oriented Lifestyle to the Rest of the World
-We Cannot Compete Globally Due to the Disparity in Wages
-We Have Used Up Our Grace Period
-We Produce Food That Impairs Our Health and Depletes Our Treasury
-We Are What We Eat, Breathe, and Drink—and It Is Costing Us a Fortune
-We Are Jeopardizing Our Life Support Systems
-Glenn Beck and Me, Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution
-We Can Be an Ostrich or a Hero
2. We Need to End Our Dependent Lifestyle
-We Need to End Our Dependence on Our Addictions
-We Need to End Our Dependency on Our Credit Cards
-We Need to End Our Dependence on Unsustainable Entitlement
-We Need to Stop Depending on the Government to Tell Us What Is Healthy
-We Need to End Our Dependence on Imported Energy and Fuels
-We Need to Reduce Our Dependent Prison Populations
3. The Truth and Spin about the Pending Economic Meltdown
-Why No One Wants to Talk About Why Our Defi cit Cannot Be Repaid
-The Truth about Tariffs and Jobs
-Big Corporations Spin the Truth and Play Down the Problems They Cause
-The American Dream Has Turned Nightmarish
-Citizens of Other Countries Condemn Americans
-What Religious Leaders Say about the Pending Economic Meltdown
4. What People Fear about the New World Order
-Entropy Is Linear and Irrevocable
-People Are Fearful When Their Beliefs Are Threatened
-Governments Believe They're Too Big to Fail
-Don't Worry, Be Happy
-The Grab for Dollars from the Taxpayer's Pocket
-A Fearful Government Nationalizes Industries
-Resistance to Change Is the First Response
5. How We Can Build and Prepare for the New World Order
-Who Is in Charge of Our Money?
-Rethink the Importance of the Dollar
-Do a Cost Analysis of Our Diminishing Returns
-We Broke It and We Need to Fix It
-Governments Must Return to What Works
-Governments Must Support Innovation, Not Save Dying Industries
-Vote on Character, Not by Party
-We Need to Learn to Feed Ourselves
-We Need to Reduce Our Sprawl
-Where Are the Bees?
-We Can Move Mountains
-Your Conscious Shift to Oneness
-Think Globally and Act Locally
-Be a Leader and Turn the Herd
-Take It to the Street
6. What to Expect the Day the Dollar Crashes . . . and Beyond
-A Country Is Like a Business
-The Day the U.S. Dollar Crashes
-New Game, New Rules
-Could the U.S. Dollar Continue as the Reserve Currency?
-What Can an Investor Do to Prepare for This Crash?
-What Happens After the Day the Dollar Crashes?
-Could the Next Bear Market Be Just Around the Corner?
-How Bad Can the Next Bear Market Get?
7. Shaping the New World Government Order
-We Need to Limit the Growth of Governments
-Individual Nationalism versus Global Citizenship
-Maintaining National Identities within Global Citizenship
-Protecting Cultures from Friendly Fire
-Establishing Sustainable and Equitable Resource Management
-We Can Expect a New Form of Exchange
-The Double-Edged Sword of Debt and Unsustainable Promises
-A Centralized Governing Body Could Coordinate Emergency Response
8. Shaping the New World Social Order
-Where Will Our New Leaders Come From?
-The Global Communication Evolution
-Flash Mobbing—A Social Networking Phenomenon
-Ending Our Addiction to Stimulation
-We Aren't as Smart as We Think We Are
-The Role of Religion in Our Transformation to a New World Order
-Connecting as One
9. Consumers Will Decide How the Future Will Look
-Consumers Will Drive the Next Big Thing
-Focus on Creating Health and Alternative Treatments
-Reduce Dependence on Drugs
-Being Accountable for Our Well-Being or Opening Pandora's Box?
-Protect Our Water and Fishing Industries
-The Health Care Industry Is Due for an Overhaul
-Overmedicating, Over-Testing, and Overcharging
-The Basis of Geriatric Care Is Kindness
-Help Shape the Government's Mandated Medical Program
-Stand Up, Make Noise, and Demand a Transparent Public Process
-Purge Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Toxins from Our Food
-Purge Hormones and BPA from Our Food
-Purge Sugars and Additives from Our Food
-Kill Factory Farming
-Refuse Genetically Altered Foods
-Demand Changes to Fast Food
10. Create and Profi t from the Next Big Thing
-Globally Sustainable Investing for Long-Term Profits
-Socially Responsible Investing
-The Positive and Negative Sides of Social Networking and Technology
-Invest in Technologies That Expand Our Sustainable Energy Sources
-Changes in the Auto and Transportation Industry
-Weaning Ourselves Off Oil
-The Insidious Petrochemical Industry
-The Wonderful World of Recycling, Reusing, and Repurposing
-Our Costly Packaging Industry
-Stop Natural Gas Companies from Destroying Our Aquifers
-Mothball Some of Our Drug Companies
-Putting Your Plan into Action
-We Are the Change We Want to See
-About the Author
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