These strengths, and our civilization in general, have reached an apogee with the end of the apocalyptic threats of the Cold War and the end - or at …

- Arthur Demarest

No society can sustain unlimited growth - none ever has. History demonstrates that expectations of infinite growth lead to collapse. Unfortunately, m…

- Arthur Demarest

When there is pressure for leaders to respond to problems or crises, they often simply intensify their efforts in their particular defined sphere of …

- Arthur Demarest

The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful…

- Arthur Demarest

Leaders may recognize that they are not addressing the real problems, but they rationalize their actions with the argument that they must first polit…

- Arthur Demarest

One of our great strength, world capitalism, is the most successful economic system possible, but has also become one of shorter and shorter cycles o…

- Arthur Demarest

With apologies to the green movement, "sustainability" is a myth. History and archaeology show that societies are always moving to the edge of crisis…

- Arthur Demarest

On the future of the U.S., or of Western civilization in general, I tend to be quite pessimistic. I would say that today I see most of the symptoms o…

- Arthur Demarest

The key strengths of civilizations are also their central weaknesses. You can see that from the fact that the golden ages of civilizations are very o…

- Arthur Demarest