‘When giants fall’ analyses the collapse of empire from the economist,s perspective and offers a crucial complement to future scenarios presented by experts on energy depletion and climate change. The author emphasizes that these are not merely creating little bumps in the road for the titans of globalization but that "taken together, these various developments constitute a clear and present danger to the economic well being of every American. Like other analysts of collapse, Panzner argues that ‘normal’ is the worst thing to which we could return and that every aspect of our thinking and behavior in relation to the earth community must be radically transformed.’