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100	1		_91539 _aAttali, Jacques
240	1	0	_aBrève histoire de l'avenir. _lEnglish
245	1	2	_aA brief history of the future : _ba brave and controversial look at the twenty-first century / _cJacques Attali ; translated by Jeremy Leggatt.
260			_aNew York : _bArcade Publishing, _c 2011.
300			_axvii, 291 p. ; _c21 cm.
500			_aIncludes index. _aOriginally published in French as Brève histoire de l'avenir.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520			_aWhat 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.
650		0	_9225 _aWorld politics _y21st century _xForecasting
650		0	_9334 _aEconomic forecasting
650		0	_91540 _aTwenty-first century _vForecasting
700	1		_4trl _91541 _aLeggatt, Jeremy
942			_2ddc _cBK