Ten Years of the World's Progress
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Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1861 |
Genre | : Chronology, Historical |
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Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1861 |
Genre | : Chronology, Historical |
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Author | : George Palmer Putnam |
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Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1861 |
Genre | : Chronology, Historical |
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Author | : Blair H. Sheppard |
Publisher | : Berrett-Koehler Publishers |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2020-08-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1523088761 |
“Shows how humans have brought us to the brink and how humanity can find solutions. I urge people to read with humility and the daring to act.” —Harpal Singh, former Chair, Save the Children, India, and former Vice Chair, Save the Children International In conversations with people all over the world, from government officials and business leaders to taxi drivers and schoolteachers, Blair Sheppard, global leader for strategy and leadership at PwC, discovered they all had surprisingly similar concerns. In this prescient and pragmatic book, he and his team sum up these concerns in what they call the ADAPT framework: Asymmetry of wealth; Disruption wrought by the unexpected and often problematic consequences of technology; Age disparities--stresses caused by very young or very old populations in developed and emerging countries; Polarization as a symptom of the breakdown in global and national consensus; and loss of Trust in the institutions that underpin and stabilize society. These concerns are in turn precipitating four crises: a crisis of prosperity, a crisis of technology, a crisis of institutional legitimacy, and a crisis of leadership. Sheppard and his team analyze the complex roots of these crises--but they also offer solutions, albeit often seemingly counterintuitive ones. For example, in an era of globalization, we need to place a much greater emphasis on developing self-sustaining local economies. And as technology permeates our lives, we need computer scientists and engineers conversant with sociology and psychology and poets who can code. The authors argue persuasively that we have only a decade to make headway on these problems. But if we tackle them now, thoughtfully, imaginatively, creatively, and energetically, in ten years we could be looking at a dawn instead of darkness.
Author | : Johan Norberg |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2017-04-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1786072327 |
A Book of the Year for The Economist and the Observer Our world seems to be collapsing. The daily news cycle reports the deterioration: divisive politics across the Western world, racism, poverty, war, inequality, hunger. While politicians, journalists and activists from all sides talk about the damage done, Johan Norberg offers an illuminating and heartening analysis of just how far we have come in tackling the greatest problems facing humanity. In the face of fear-mongering, darkness and division, the facts are unequivocal: the golden age is now.
Author | : George Palmer Putnam |
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Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : World history |
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Author | : George Palmer PUTNAM (Publisher.) |
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Total Pages | : 728 |
Release | : 1851 |
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Total Pages | : 940 |
Release | : 1913 |
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Author | : Richard Heinberg |
Publisher | : Rudolf Steiner Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2012-07-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1905570511 |
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to drop, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable, natural limits. Richard Heinberg's latest landmark work goes to the heart of the ongoing financial crisis, explaining how and why it occurred, and what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes. Written in an engaging, highly readable style, it shows why growth is being blocked by three factors: Resource depletion; Environmental impacts, and; Crushing levels of debt. These converging limits will force us to re-evaluate cherished economic theories, and to reinvent money and commerce. The End of Growth describes what policy makers, communities and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth's budget of energy and resources. We can thrive during the transition if we set goals that promote human and environmental well-being, rather than continuing to pursue the now-unattainable prize of ever-expanding Gross Domestic Product.
Author | : G. P. Putnam |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2017-12-22 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780484450119 |
Excerpt from Ten Years of the World's Progress: Being a Supplement to the Work of That Title; Embracing a Comprehensive Record of Facts in the Annals of Nations and Progress of the Arts From 1850 to 1861 Tan fact that nearly 1 copies of this manual have been called for would seem to indicate that such a volume is essentially desir able. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Delphian Society, Chicago |
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Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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