Megachange : the world in 2050 /: the world in 2050. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Economist (London, England : 1843)
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Daniel Franklin with John Andrews.
• Other Names: Franklin, Daniel (Daniel Ellis); Andrews, John, 1946-
• Contents: Introduction: meet megachange / Daniel Franklin -- pt. 1. People and relationships. -- 1. Not quite destiny / John Parker -- 2. The health of nations / Charlotte Howard -- 3. Women's world / Barbara Beck -- 4. Friends indeed / Martin Giles -- 5. Cultural revolutions / Robert Lane Greene -- pt. 2. Heaven and earth. -- 6. Believe it or not / Anthony Gottlieb -- 7. Feeling the heat / Oliver Morton -- 8. The future of war: the weak become strong / Matthew Symonds -- 9. Freedom's ragged march / Edward Lucas -- 10. Taming Leviathan : the state of the state / Paul Wallace -- pt. 3. Economy and business. -- 11. The age of emerging markets / Simon Cox -- 12. Globalisation, growth and the Asian century / Laza Kekic -- 13. The great levelling / Zanny Minton Beddoes -- 14. Schumpeter Inc / Adrian Wooldridge -- 15. Market momentum / Philip Coggan -- pt. 4. Knowledge and progress. -- 16. What (and where) next for science / Geoffrey Carr -- 17. Ad astra / Tim Cross -- 18. The web of knowledge / Kenneth Cukier -- 19. Distance is dead. Long live location / Ludwig Siegele -- 20. Of predictions and progress: more for less / Matt Ridley.
• Publisher Details: London : Profile
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 303.49; Economic forecasting; Twenty-first century -- Forecasts; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Economic forecasting; Twenty-first century; Futur; Innovations technologiques; Mondialisation; Electronic books; Forecasts; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847658050; 1847658059
• Related ISBNs: 9781846685637; 184668563X; 9781846685859; 1846685850; 9781280590627; 1280590629
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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