The Fabulous Future? : America and the World in 2040

The Fabulous Future? America and the World in 2040

Will the future be one of economic expansion, greater tolerance, liberating inventions, and longer, happier lives? Or do we face stagnation, declining quality of life, and a technoÂlogically enhanced totalitarianism worse than any yet seen? The Fabulous Future? draws its inspiÂration from a more o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Morson, Gary (auth), Schapiro, Morton Owen, editor of compilation (editor of compilation), Morson, Gary Saul, 1948- editor of compilation
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press 2015.
Materias:
Twenty-first century > Forecasts.
Social prediction > United States.
United States > Forecasting.
History
United States
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422291406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The future of prediction / Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro
  • Organization of the volume and list of contributors
  • The future of economic growth : slowing to a crawl / Robert J. Gordon
  • Longer and healthier lives? / Eileen M. Crimmins
  • A happier world? / Richard A. Easterlin
  • The world in 2040 / Robert L. Gallucci
  • The future of American religion / Eboo Patel
  • Freedom's future / Wendy Kaminer
  • Especially of the future / Mark A. Ratner
  • The era of answers / John Kelly III
  • Bridging the gap between knowing and doing : the new environmental governance / Mark R. Tercek and Jimmie Powell
  • The future of higher education in the United States (and the world) / Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro
  • Media of the future / Arianna Huffington
  • The future of fearmongering / Barry Glassner
  • Conclusion: The world to be / Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro.

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