20/21 vision twentieth-century lessons for the twenty-first century

• Main Author: Emmott, Bill (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
• Subjects: Twenty-first century > Forecasts; Twentieth century; Globalization > Social aspects; Capitalism > Social aspects
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• Physical Description: viii, 373 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-357) and index
• ISBN: 9780140298031

The attacks on September 11th, 2001, shook the rich West out of its complacency; suddenly, peace looked to be in peril. Even before that time prosperity was endangered, as campaigns mounted against the purported evils of capitalist globalization, such as inequality, pollution, and financial instability, and as America's high-tech stockmarket boom turned to bust. Yet, in the decade following the end of the Cold War, prospects had looked so rosy, with peace prevailing among the world's great powers, with billions of people joining the world market economy, and with great waves of technological change driving economies forwards.