20/21 vision

twentieth-century lessons for the twenty-first century

373 pages

English language

Published 2003 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

OCLC Number:
50695249

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"The attacks on September 11, 2001, shook the rich West out of its complacency: suddenly, peace seemed to be in peril. Already it had become clear that prosperity was endangered. Campaigns were being mounted against the purported evils of capitalist globalization - inequality, pollution, and financial instability - and America's high-tech stock market boom had turned rapidly to bust. How had it all happened?

During the decade following the end of the cold war, prospects had looked so rosy: peace prevailed among the world's great powers, billions of people were joining the world market economy, and great waves of technological change were driving economies forward."--BOOK JACKET.

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Subjects

  • Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
  • Twentieth century.
  • Globalization -- Social aspects.
  • Capitalism -- Social aspects.
  • International relations -- Forecasting.
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century -- Forecasting.