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Passage to a human world

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Producent: Hudson Institute
Oprawa: twarda
Ilość stron: 390 s.
Data: 2005-12-29
Cena wydawcy: 40.00 złpozycja niedostępna

Opis książki:

OUESTIONS ANSWERED BY PASSAGE TO A HUMAN WORLD: - Why are gold, oil, fertile farmiand and powerplants the "old fashioned" view of wealth What is the source of modern wealth - Why is a 2% growth rate revolutionary - and social dynamite - Why can we expect to find that most of the poor Third Worid countries will be wealthy within a few generations - Why shouldnt we be concerned about the fact that the Earths resources arę finite Quite simply, Max Singer has written a most significant book. BEN WATTENBERG AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE Passage to a Human Worid offers cogent insights into the origins andgrowth ofglobal wealth. Max Singer shows us how - utiiizing human resources - the worlds most desperate people arę destined to leave the harsh worid of porerty. Thoughtful in its analysis, profound in conclusions, Mr. Singer gives us an inspirational glimpse ofthe shape ofthings to come. U.S. REP. JACK KEMP (R-NY) Passage to a Human Worid prorides - in its breadth and perspective - a refreshing break from the obsesswely short-term current problem orientation ofso much oftodays commentary. It willbe of considerable value to business and public policy thinkers alike. JOHN DIEBOLD THE DIEBOLD GROUP NEW YORK Passage to a Human Worid is a remarkable book. Max Singer, its author, is a hard-headed and highly experienced student of gorernment, of the economy, and one of the very few who has for a generation accurately understood thefuture. LEO CHERNE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, INC.

Książka "Passage to a human world" - Max Singer - oprawa twarda - Wydawnictwo Hudson Institute.

Spis treści:

Foreword

Part I: The Passage
One: What Is Happening in History
Tuw: The Nature and Sources of Wealth
Three: Spreading Wealth Around the Globe
Fow: The Distribudon of Wealth in the World Today

Part II: The Earth Has Plenty
Introduction
Five: Perspective on the Worid Population Explosion Syć: Running Out of Raw Materials: The Scarcity Error Sewn: Feeding the Exploded Populadon is a Task
Not a Problem
Eight: Energy in Transidon
Nine: Water "Shortages" and the Power of Innumeracy
Ten: The Misplaced Concem About Other
Raw Materials

Concluding Note: Can Anyone Believe
Ali This "Opdmism"?

Part III: Problems and Dangers—Real and Imaginary
Introduction
Elwen: Polludon and the Environment—Not Dirder
Than We Decide
Twelw. Natural and Other Disasters
Thirteen: Technology is a Friend, Not an Enemy

Part IV: Low National-Morale and "Edifice of error"
Fourteen: Who Are "University-0riented
Americans (UOAs)"?
Fifteen: Morale, Łów Morale, and National Morale
Sucteen: The Hypothesis of Łów National Morale
Among UOAs

Part V: Concitisions
Seuenteen: Implications for Business & Politics
A Final Comment

Appendices
A. Numerical Description of a Hypothetical Worid of 2064
B. Is the Passage to A Human Worid History or Futurology?
C. The Idea of "Extraction" from the Earth—Some Suggesdons for New Definitions
D. The Rise in Oil Prices in the 1970s Does Not
Support a Scarcity Perspective
(with a theory about why they did rise)
E. Policy-Making Conceming Subtłe Environmental Hazards
F. Sources of Further Information
Endnotes
End-Tables
Index