Megachange : the world in 2050 / edited by Daniel Franklin ; with John Andrews.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Franklin, Daniel.
• Andrews, John, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

Physical Description:

xv, 304 pages ; color illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Mega change : the world in 2050

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2012]

Summary:

• The scale of change happening around us can be bewildering, and scary. This book offers clarity, and hope. There is every chance that the world in 2050 will be richer, healthier, more connected, more sustainable, more innovative, better educated, and have less inequality between rich and poor and between men and women.
• Enormous challenges lie ahead, from managing climate change to feeding 9 billion people by 2050 and copying with a multitude of new security threats. In its 20 chapters that look at everything from health to wealth and religion to outer space, Megachange confronts these issues in its exploration of the fundamental trends that are shaping the world.
• Brimming with (often counter-intuitive) ideas and facts, Megachange provides fascinating insights into what the coming decades will bring. Book jacket.

Contents:

• People and relationships. Not quite destiny / John Parker ; The health of nations / Charlotte Howard ; Women's world / Barbara Beck ; Friends indeed / Martin Giles ; Cultural revolutions / Robert Lane Greene
• Heaven and earth. Believe it or not / Anthony Gottlieb ; Feeling the heat / Oliver Morton ; The future of war: the weak become strong / Matthew Symonds ; Freedom's ragged march / Edward Lucas ; Taming Leviathan : the state of the state / Paul Wallace
• Economy and business. The age of emerging markets / Simon Cox ; Globalisation, growth and the Asian century / Laza Kekic ; The great levelling / Zanny Minton Beddoes ; Schumpeter Inc / Adrian Wooldridge ; Market momentum / Philip Coggan
• Knowledge and progress. What (and where) next for science / Geoffrey Carr ; Ad astra / Tim Cross ; The web of knowledge / Kenneth Cukier ; Distance is dead. Long live location / Ludwig Siegele ; Of predictions and progress: more for less / Matt Ridley.

Notes:

• Includes index.
• At head of title: "The economist".

ISBN:

• 9781118180440
• 1118180445

OCLC:

755700095