In this book Leggett considers the causes of the 2008 financial crash and if we have reached the peak oil point, and the effects and implications that this has had so far, and will have in the near and medium future.

He looks at how the architects of the financial crisis have escaped mostly scot free, the way that the oil oligarchs and bankers have ingratiated themselves in such a way that they cannot see a way out of the problem that they have caused, and beyond the end of oil. A lot of the accusations that he makes in here are well founded, and reading this will make you seethe with the vested interests and complacency of the political and business elite.

The book is written as a collection of chapters and articles. Whilst it is once to have a change of pace in the text, there didn't seem to be a lot of logic with regards to the order. Leggett has a unique position, in that he mixes with the oil and political leaders, and most importantly he is not afraid to speak his mind to them. he also speaks of those business leaders that want to see change and foresight and leadership, but are not getting it.

This is a very important subject as it will affect the whole of humanity in the long run, but the text did get a little tedious to read at times. ( )