Megachange : The World In 2050

by Franklin, D.; Andrews, John

• ISBN13: 9781118180440
• ISBN10: 1118180445
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-27
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book will capture the sweeping, fundamental trends that are changing the world faster than at any time in human history. It will include chapters on about 20 of these "megatrends", each elegantly outlined by Economist contributors in 3,000-4,000-word chapters rich in supporting facts and graphics. They will be grouped in categories ("People", "Life and death", "Economy and business", "Knowledge"). There will be an introduction and a conclusion. The result will be a compelling read as well as a valuable research and reference tool.

Author Biography

Daniel Franklin is executive editor and business-affairs editor of The Economist. He is also the editor of The Economist's annual publication on the year ahead, The World in....

John Andrews has written for The Economist for more than 30 years and is deputy editor of The World in?. He is the author of The Economist Book of Isms.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Introduction: meet megachange	p. xi
People and relationships	p. 1
Not quite destiny	p. 3
The health of nations	p. 21
Women's world	p. 36
Friends indeed	p. 51
Cultural revolutions	p. 63
Heaven and earth	p. 77
Believe it or not	p. 79
Feeling the heat	p. 92
The future of war: the weak become strong	p. 111
Freedom's ragged march	p. 126
Taming Leviathan: the state of the state	p. 138
Economy and business	p. 151
The age of emerging markets	p. 153
Globalisation, growth and the Asian century	p. 170
The great levelling	p. 181
Schumpeter Inc	p. 193
Market momentum	p. 203
Knowledge and progress	p. 217
What (and where) next for science	p. 219
Ad astra	p. 229
The web of knowledge	p. 241
Distance is dead. Long live location	p. 254
Of predictions and progress: more for less	p. 264
Acknowledgements	p. 276
Index	p. 277
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