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- catalog abstract "In Which World?, scientist Allen Hammond imaginatively probes the consequences of present social, economic, and environmental trends to construct three possible worlds that could await us in the twenty-first century: Market World, in which economic and human progress is driven by the liberating power of free markets and human initiative; Fortress World, in which unattended social and environmental problems diminish progress, dooming hundreds of millions of humans to lives of rising conflict and violence; and Transformed World, in which human ingenuity and compassion succeed in offering a better life, not just a wealthier one, and in seeking to extend those benefits to all of humanity.--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b10876068.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "1. Thinking about the future. --2. The power of scenarios. --3. Market world: a new golden age of prosperity. --4. Fortress world: instability and violence? --5. Transformed world: changing the human endeavor? --6. Critical trends: demographic, economic, and technological. --7. Critical environmental trends. --8. Critical security trends. --9. Critical social and political trends. --10. Latin America: Equitable growth or instability? --11. China and Southeast Asia: can the Asian miracle continue? --12. India: a second independence? --13. Sub-Saharan Africa: transformation or tragedy? --14. North Africa and the Middle East: autocracy forever? --15. Russia and Eastern Europe: transition to what? --16. North America, Europe, and Japan: leadership or stagnation? --17. Choosing our future.".
- catalog description "In Which World?, scientist Allen Hammond imaginatively probes the consequences of present social, economic, and environmental trends to construct three possible worlds that could await us in the twenty-first century: Market World, in which economic and human progress is driven by the liberating power of free markets and human initiative; Fortress World, in which unattended social and environmental problems diminish progress, dooming hundreds of millions of humans to lives of rising conflict and violence; and Transformed World, in which human ingenuity and compassion succeed in offering a better life, not just a wealthier one, and in seeking to extend those benefits to all of humanity.--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-292) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 306 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Which world?".
- catalog identifier "1559635754 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Which world?".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, DC : Island Press,".
- catalog relation "Which world?".
- catalog subject "330.9/051 21".
- catalog subject "Economic forecasting.".
- catalog subject "HC59.15 .H33 1998".
- catalog subject "Twenty-first century Forecasts.".
- catalog subject "World politics 1989- Forecasting.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Thinking about the future. --2. The power of scenarios. --3. Market world: a new golden age of prosperity. --4. Fortress world: instability and violence? --5. Transformed world: changing the human endeavor? --6. Critical trends: demographic, economic, and technological. --7. Critical environmental trends. --8. Critical security trends. --9. Critical social and political trends. --10. Latin America: Equitable growth or instability? --11. China and Southeast Asia: can the Asian miracle continue? --12. India: a second independence? --13. Sub-Saharan Africa: transformation or tragedy? --14. North Africa and the Middle East: autocracy forever? --15. Russia and Eastern Europe: transition to what? --16. North America, Europe, and Japan: leadership or stagnation? --17. Choosing our future.".
- catalog title "Which world? : scenarios for the 21st Century / Allen Hammond.".
- catalog type "Forecasts. fast".
- catalog type "text".