{"product_id":"the-fabulous-future-morton-schapiro-9780810131989","title":"The Fabulous Future?: America and the World in 2040","description":"\u003cp\u003eWill the future be one of economic expansion, greater tolerance, liberating inventions, and longer, happier lives? Or do we face economic stagnation, declining quality of life, and a techno­logically enhanced totalitarianism worse than any yet seen? \u003ci\u003eThe Fabulous Future? America and the World in 2040 \u003c\/i\u003edraws its inspi­ration from a more optimistic time, and tome, \u003ci\u003eThe Fabulous Fu­ture: America in 1980\u003c\/i\u003e, in which \u003ci\u003eFortune \u003c\/i\u003emagazine celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary by publishing the predictions of thought leaders of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the present volume, the world's leading specialists from di­verse fields project developments in their areas of expertise, from religion and the media to the environment and nanotechnology. Will we be happier, and what exactly does happiness have to do with our economic future? Where is higher education heading and how should it develop? And what is the future of prediction itself? These exciting essays provoke sharper questions, reflect unexpectedly on one another, and testify to our present anxieties about the surprising world to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morton Schapiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810131986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810131989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Morton Schapiro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926329032959,"sku":"9780810131989","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8ce075c3-56ba-439a-a6ea-831f26f45240.jpg?v=1681082464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fabulous-future-morton-schapiro-9780810131989","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}