A brief history of the future :
Attali, Jacques
A brief history of the future : a brave and controversial look at the twenty-first century / Jacques Attali ; translated by Jeremy Leggatt. - New York : Arcade Publishing, 2011. - xvii, 291 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index. Originally published in French as Brève histoire de l'avenir.
1. A very long history --
2. A brief history of capitalism --
3. The end of the American Empire --
4. First wave of the future: planetary empire --
5. Second wave of the future: planetary war --
6. Third wave of the future: planetary democracy.
What will planet Earth be like in twenty years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Never has the world offered more promise for the future and been more fraught with dangers. It anticipates an unraveling of American hegemony as transnational corporations sever the ties linking free enterprise to democracy. World tensions will be primed for horrific warfare for resources and dominance. The ultimate question is: Will we leave our children and grandchildren a world that is not only viable but better, or in this nuclear world bequeath to them a planet that will be a living hell? Either way, he warns, the time to act is now.
9781611450132
World politics--Forecasting--21st century
Economic forecasting
Twenty-first century--Forecasting
303.4
A brief history of the future : a brave and controversial look at the twenty-first century / Jacques Attali ; translated by Jeremy Leggatt. - New York : Arcade Publishing, 2011. - xvii, 291 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index. Originally published in French as Brève histoire de l'avenir.
1. A very long history --
2. A brief history of capitalism --
3. The end of the American Empire --
4. First wave of the future: planetary empire --
5. Second wave of the future: planetary war --
6. Third wave of the future: planetary democracy.
What will planet Earth be like in twenty years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Never has the world offered more promise for the future and been more fraught with dangers. It anticipates an unraveling of American hegemony as transnational corporations sever the ties linking free enterprise to democracy. World tensions will be primed for horrific warfare for resources and dominance. The ultimate question is: Will we leave our children and grandchildren a world that is not only viable but better, or in this nuclear world bequeath to them a planet that will be a living hell? Either way, he warns, the time to act is now.
9781611450132
World politics--Forecasting--21st century
Economic forecasting
Twenty-first century--Forecasting
303.4