Max Singer

History of the Future

The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The world is in a unique transition from all of past history to modern life which, when the transition is completed, will be wealthy, free, and peaceful. The History of the Future shows that while modernity has significant advantages it will present great challenges and could leave people worse off than they were in the past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780739164860
• ISBN-10: 0739164864
• Artikelnr.: 33388966

Autorenporträt

Max Singer is senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in the U.S. and at the BESA Institute of Bar Ilan University in Israel and an independent consultant on public policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The Known 1. Shaping History by Defining "Modern" 2.
Where Does Wealth Come From and Why Is It Spreading? 3. Freedom 4. The
Decline and Fall of the War System 5. The Jihadi Challenge and Islam in the
Future Part II: The Not-Yet Known 6. Demography: How Personal Decisions
Will Shape the World's Future 7. The Future of Work Epilogue: The Desperate
Problems of the Future Note on the Relationship of the Ideas of Herman Kahn
to this Book Bibliographical Comments