"Bleakonomics" is a short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: environmental degradation, social conflict in the age of austerity and financial instability.
Written for anyone who is wondering how we ve come to this point, Rob Larson holds mainstream economic theory up against the grim reality of a planet in meltdown. He looks at scientists conclusions about climate change, the business world s opinions about its own power, and reveals the fingerprints of finance on American elections.
With a unique and engaging approach to each crucial subject,...

Join Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and a host of memorable characters in a staged reading of the Hound of the Baskervilles. Originally performed at the historic Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, MN, this Living Literature production premiered in April and May of 2014. This Reader's Theatre Edition is a black-covered, large print adaptation of Sir A.C. Doyle's original short story. It is designed for rehearsal and/or performance in a reader's theatre or staged reading situation. Also available is the DIRECTOR'S EDITION of the same script (ISBN: 978-1-312-08013-3) with a white cover and additional...

For years, we've been taught that capitalism is good for freedom. Dominant right-wing talk radio hosts to this day recommend "libertarian" classics like Hayek's Road to Serfdom and Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom that claim markets free us, and this picture still dominates the schools and the political spectrum. Well get bent, one percent, because Rob Larson's Capitalism vs. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom puts big business under a microscope. This book debunks the conservative classics while demonstrating that the marketplace has its own great centers of power, which the libertarian...