Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Chapter 1 We Are in Deep Trouble and We''re Not Alone 1 Today''s Reality 1 We Are Not a Going Concern 3 We Are a Society Dependent on Entitlements 5 Our Aging Population Is Expensive 8 We Are Digging a Hole to China with Unfunded Debt 12 We Export Our Consumer-Oriented Lifestyle to the Rest of the World 14 We Cannot Compete Globally Due to the Disparity in Wages 15 We Have Used Up Our Grace Period 19 We Produce Food That Impairs Our Health and Depletes Our Treasury 21 We Are What We Eat, Breathe, and Drink--and It Is Costing Us a Fortune 23 We Are Jeopardizing Our Life Support Systems 24 Glenn Beck and Me, Talkin'' ''Bout a Revolution 27 We Can Be an Ostrich or a Hero 31 Chapter 2 We Need to End Our Dependent Lifestyle 33 We Need to End Our Dependence on Our Addictions 34 We Need to End Our Dependency on Our Credit Cards 37 We Need to End Our Dependence on Unsustainable Entitlements 39 We Need to Stop Depending on the Government to Tell Us What Is Healthy 42 We Need to End Our Dependence on Imported Energy and Fuels 43 We Need to Reduce Our Dependent Prison Populations 44 Chapter 3 The Truth and Spin about the Pending Economic Meltdown 47 Why No One Wants to Talk About Why Our Defi cit Cannot Be Repaid 48 The Truth about Tariffs and Jobs 52 Big Corporations Spin the Truth and Play Down the Problems They Cause 55 The American Dream Has Turned Nightmarish 58 Citizens of Other Countries Condemn Americans 59 What Religious Leaders Say about the Pending Economic Meltdown 60 Chapter 4 What People Fear about the New World Order 61 Entropy Is Linear and Irrevocable 63 People Are Fearful When Their Beliefs Are Threatened 64 Governments Believe They''re Too Big to Fail 66 Don''t Worry, Be Happy 68 The Grab for Dollars from the Taxpayer''s Pocket 69 A Fearful Government Nationalizes Industries 72 Resistance to Change Is the First Response 74 Chapter 5 How We Can Build and Prepare for the New World Order 77 Who Is in Charge of Our Money? 78 Rethink the Importance of the Dollar 79 Do a Cost Analysis of Our Diminishing Returns 80 We Broke It and We Need to Fix It 82 Governments Must Return to What Works 83 Governments Must Support Innovation, Not Save Dying Industries 85 Vote on Character, Not by Party 86 We Need to Learn to Feed Ourselves 87 We Need to Reduce Our Sprawl 88 Where Are the Bees? 89 We Can Move Mountains 89 Your Conscious Shift to Oneness 90 Think Globally and Act Locally 92 Be a Leader and Turn the Herd 94 Take It to the Street 94 Chapter 6 What to Expect the Day the Dollar Crashes . and Beyond 97 A Country Is Like a Business 98 The Day the U.S. Dollar Crashes 99 New Game, New Rules 105 Could the U.S. Dollar Continue as the Reserve Currency? 108 What Can an Investor Do to Prepare for This Crash? 110 What Happens After the Day the Dollar Crashes? 114 Could the Next Bear Market Be Just Around the Corner? 116 How Bad Can the Next Bear Market Get? 118 Chapter 7 Shaping the New World Government Order 119 We Need to Limit the Growth of Governments 120 Individual Nationalism versus Global Citizenship 122 Maintaining National Identities within Global Citizenship 123 Protecting Cultures from Friendly Fire 125 Establishing Sustainable and Equitable Resource Management 127 We Can Expect a New Form of Exchange 129 The Double-Edged Sword of Debt and Unsustainable Promises 130 A Centralized Governing Body Could Coordinate Emergency Response 132 Chapter 8 Shaping the New World Social Order 135 Where Will Our New Leaders Come From? 138 The Global Communication Evolution 139 Flash Mobbing--A Social Networking Phenomenon 141 Ending Our Addiction to Stimulation 142 We Aren''t as Smart as We Think We Are 142 The Role of Religion in Our Transformation to a New World Order 144 Connecting as One 145 Chapter 9 Consumers Will Decide How the Future Will Look 149 Consumers Will Drive the Next Big Thing 150 Focus on Creating Health and Alternative Treatments 152 Reduce Dependence on Drugs 153 Being Accountable for Our Well-Being or Opening Pandora''s Box? 154 Protect Our Water and Fishing Industries 155 The Health Care Industry Is Due for an Overhaul 156 Overmedicating, Over-Testing, and Overcharging 157 The Basis of Geriatric Care Is Kindness 159 Help Shape the Government''s Mandated Medical Program 160 Stand Up, Make Noise, and Demand a Transparent Public Process 161 Purge Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Toxins from Our Food 161 Purge Hormones and BPA from Our Food 162 Purge Sugars and Additives from Our Food 163 Kill Factory Farming 164 Refuse Genetically Altered Foods 165 Demand Changes to Fast Food 165 Chapter 10 Create and Profi t from the Next Big Thing 167 Globally Sustainable Investing for Long-Term Profi ts 168 Socially Responsible Investing 168 The Positive and Negative Sides of Social Networking and Technology 169 Invest in Technologies That Expand Our Sustainable Energy Sources 170 Changes in the Auto and Transportation Industry 171 Weaning Ourselves Off Oil 172 The Insidious Petrochemical Industry 173 The Wonderful World of Recycling, Reusing, and Repurposing 173 Our Costly Packaging Industry 176 Stop Natural Gas Companies from Destroying Our Aquifers 176 Mothball Some of Our Drug Companies 177 Putting Your Plan into Action 177 We Are the Change We Want to See 178 About the Author 181 Index 183.