Inquiry into the Human Prospect Looked at Gain for The 1990s

Name: Inquiry into the Human Prospect Looked at Gain for The 1990s
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ISBN: 9780393961850

ISBN-10: 0393961850

ISBN-13: 9780393961850

Edition: 3rd 1991 (Revised)

Authors: Robert L. Heilbroner

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In this third edition of a book that has become a classic, Professor Heilbroner leaves the question in place on the first page, believing some twenty years later that that interrogative sounds the themes of the 1990s as well. The main components of the global predicament he described in the first edition are still with us today: runaway populations, obliterative weaponry, and a closing environmental vise.Writing now, in the aftermath of the extraordinary events that caused communism as a challenger to capitalism to vanish "like a puff of smoke," Professor Heilbroner traces out the difficulties that beset those attempting centrally planned economics. He shows how Soviet-style systems became…

Book details

List price: $16.70
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/17/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.15" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Foreword



Initial Reflections on the Human Prospect



The External Challenges



Socio-Economic Capabilities for Response



The Political Dimension and "Human Nature"



Final Reflections on the Human Prospect


Postscript: What Has Posterity Ever Done for Me?


Acknowledgments


Index