Shapiro, Robert J.

Futurecast : how superpowers, populations, and globalization will change the way you live and work / Robert J. Shapiro. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008. - x, 358 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-343) and index.

The global blueprint -- The demographic earthquake -- The new primacy of globalization -- The two poles of globalization : China and the United States -- The new economics of decline for Europe and Japan -- The new geopolitics of the sole superpower : the players -- The coming crises in health care, energy, and the global environment -- History's wild cards : catastrophic terrorism and technological breakthroughs.

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Economic history--21st century.
World politics--21st century.

HC59.3 / .S525 2008

330.9 / SHA 2008