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 technologically enhanced totalitarianism worse than any yet seen? The Fabulous Future? draws its inspiration from a more optim...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Morson, Gary Saul, 1948- (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schapiro, Morton Owen (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έκδοση: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 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.