In his book, Paul charges business and industry as, one, the major culprit in causing the decline of the biosphere, and, two, the only institution that is large enough, and pervasive enough, and powerful enough, to really lead humankind out of this mess.
U toj knjizi, Paul optužuje posao i industriju kao, prvo, glavnog krivca u uzrokovanju pada biosfere i drugo, jedinu instituciju koja je  dovoljno velika, općeprisutna i dovoljno snažna da vodi čovječanstvo van ovog nereda.