Megachange by Franklin, D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents Title Copyright Contributors Introduction Part 1: People and relationships

Chapter 1: Not quite destiny

Comte and Malthus Falling fertility Cashing the demographic dividend Young, middle-aged and old

Chapter 2: The health of nations

Out with the old In with the new I am 70, older and wider Medicine on the march

Chapter 3: Women’s world

Well-schooled for a better future Equal in law, not money Future perfect and imperfect Emerged and emerging

Chapter 4: Friends indeed

Genesis and evolution Social graph-iti Collaboration and its consequences Social workers and players Towards a socialised state

Chapter 5: Cultural revolutions

The dragon’s share Some like it local Those revolutionary digits Gatekeepers v media mayhem The declining tower of Babel

Part 2: Heaven and earth

Chapter 6: Believe it or not

After Marx and Mao The godly and fertile poor The American exception Aspects of poverty

Chapter 7: Feeling the heat

The rhetorical imperative The fossil imperative Doing the maths Food for thought Manage the risks Radical ideas in the air

Chapter 8: The future of war: the weak become strong

Through a glass, darkly The wars of religion Uneven balance War of the robots The new nuclear threat

Chapter 9: Freedom’s ragged march

Be careful what you wish for Marks after Marx Blogs and lobbies A better model That’s the spirit Scared – or complacent?

Chapter 10: Taming Leviathan: the state of the state

The shock of the old The case against fiscal fatalism Doctor, can you spare a dime? Smarter as well as fitter

Part 3: Economy and business

Chapter 11: The age of emerging markets

Blue-skies thinking Workers of the world Tardy but speedy Yuan rising A world of services Emerged markets

Chapter 12: Globalisation, growth and the Asian century

The roller-coaster ride Global limits Globalisation and growth to 2050 The Asian century

Chapter 13: The great levelling

Measuring the gap A more equal future A new progressive era?

Chapter 14: Schumpeter Inc

Tempestuous times Tidal waves of change Surfing through the storms

Chapter 15: Market momentum

The ineluctable credit cycle Changing trends? Momentum Cycling into the future

Part 4: Knowledge and progress

Chapter 16: What (and where) next for science

Unravelling life Know thyself The outward urge Galileo’s children

Chapter 17: Ad astra

The space race rerun Ex astris, pecunia? Ex astris, scientia

Chapter 18: The web of knowledge

Ancient and modern Getting ever smarter Evolution and revolution The exponential future The new order

Chapter 19: Distance is dead. Long live location

Talk is cheap The mobile miracle Location, location, location

Chapter 20: Of predictions and progress: more for less

What will not happen The invisibility of good news The affordable future Cheaper government? A more sustainable future

Acknowledgements Index