The latest writer to be interviewed by AbeBooks is Jeff Rubin – author of Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller. Rubin, one of North America’s leading economists, explains how globalization is coming to an end as the world faces up to a dwindling and increasingly expensive supply of oil. He explains how the modern world has been built on cheap oil and how it’s going to change radically under high priced oil.

I initially feared this book would be very boring, but it’s extremely readable. Like most people, I equate the price of oil to the price I pay at the pump when I fill up my car. In reality, the price of almost everything in our global economy is influenced by oil and its price. We’ve spent three decades marvelling at global business and now, according to Rubin, it’s going to implode.