What the Future Holds Insights from Social Science

Name: What the Future Holds Insights from Social Science
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ISBN: 9780262532044

ISBN-10: 0262532042

ISBN-13: 9780262532044

Edition: 2003 (Reprint)

Authors: Richard N. Cooper, Richard Layard

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Predicting the future is notoriously difficult. But systematic analysis leads to clearer understanding and wiser decisions. Thinking about the future also makes social scientists focus their research into the past and present more fruitfully, with more attention to key predictors of change. This book considers how we might think intelligently about the future. Taking different methodological approaches, well-known specialists forecast likely future developments and trends in human life. The questions they address include: How many humans will there be? Will there be enough energy? How will climate change affect our lives? What patterns of work will exist? How will government work at the…

Book details

List price: $4.75
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990

Richard N. Cooper is Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics at Harvard University.