Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 209 pages)
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illustrations, charts, figures, tables
Edition:
Also issued in print and PDF version
ISBN:
9780810131965
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0810131986
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0810131978
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9780810131989
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9780810131972
Content:
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 techno{Uhorn}logically enhanced totalitarianism worse than any yet seen? The Fabulous Future? draws its inspi{Uhorn}ration from a more optimistic time, and tome, The Fabulous Fu{Uhorn}ture: America in 1980, in which Fortune magazine celebrated its anniversary by publishing the predictions of thought leaders of its time. In the present volume, the world?s leading specialists project developments in their areas of expertise, from religion and the media to the environment and nanotechnology. Will we be happier, and what does happiness have to do with our economic future? Where is higher education heading and how should it develop? And what is the future of prediction itself? These exciting essays provoke sharper questions, reflect unexpectedly on one another, and testify to our present anxieties about the surprising world to come
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Introduction: The future of prediction
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Organization of the volume and list of contributors -- ; The future of economic growth : slowing to a crawl
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Longer and healthier lives?
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A happier world?
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The world in 2040
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The future of American religion
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Freedom's future
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Especially of the future
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The era of answers
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Bridging the gap between knowing and doing : the new environmental governance
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The future of higher education in the United States (and the world)
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Media of the future
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The future of fearmongering
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Conclusion: The world to be
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Also issued in print and PDF version.
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In English
Additional Edition:
Print version The Fabulous Future?, America and the World in 2040 Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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Weltbevölkerung
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Zukunft
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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Gesundheit
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Umwelt
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Aufsatzsammlung
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