For those daunted by the prospect of tackling an 88,000-word book, I’ve written a number of ‘articles’ which outline the main points of the book. Most articles consist largely of excerpts from the book, and there is a fair degree of overlap between some of them. They also vary a little in style, some more formal, a few more strident, one deliberately terse. To assist in deciding which article to tackle first, they are listed and described below (the number of words excludes footnotes). Clicking on the article title will bring up an online version (also selectable from the navigation menu above). Clicking on the ‘pdf’ link to the right of the article name will bring up a PDF version (a copy of which can then be saved if desired).
| Article | No. of words | Description | |
| The Opposite of Capitalism | 2,004 | Summary of book: critique of status quo and proposal of alternative. | |
| Utopia – A Non-Profit Organisation | 2,246 | Summary of proposal, meant to be the easiest introduction to Free Lunch ideas. | |
| Plurocracy | 1,042 | Summary of political proposal. | |
| It’s The Stupid Economy | 10,396 | Full summary of book, more detailed than The Opposite of Capitalism. | |
| What Hope | 768 | Barest possible summary of book, but probably incomprehensible if read first. | |
| Rubbery Figures | 1,203 | Imprecision of costs and prices; flawed nature of ‘market signals’. | |
| Enough Is Not Enough | 1,463 | Problems with economic growth. | |
| Losing The Game | 1,195 | Problems caused by profit. | |
| In the name of the Profit, the Job, and the Holy Growth | 1,737 | Combination of last two articles: problems with economic growth and profit | |
| Profits Of Doom | 800 | Less detailed, more ‘historical’ overview of problems caused by profit. | |
| Goldilocksism |
1,013 | Contradictions of capitalism: the many situations to which it is not suited. | |
| Is A Steady State Economy Compatible With Capitalism? | 1,300 | Answers question of article’s title, attention concentrated on growth and profit. |