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Book SynopsisThe world is in a unique transition from all of past history to modern life which, when the transition is completed, will be wealthy, free, and peaceful. The History of the Future shows that while modernity has significant advantages it will present great challenges and could leave people worse off than they were in the past.
Trade ReviewMax Singer has done it again. In often beautiful, jargon-free prose, he explains the essence of modernity and why it is the way of the future. Anyone who wants to understand where the world of politics, economics, and freedom is headed must read this book. Singer has an amazing ability to make the complicated simple, straightforward and compelling. -- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, New York University
This is the most brilliant, most important book of our time. Clearly and concisely, Max Singer explains why the Mideast is on fire, and why we are moving through history's most stunning transformation — to a time when virtually the entire human race will have joined the modern world. A History of the Future should be required reading by every foreign minister, every intelligence chief, and every head-of-state. -- Herbert E. Meyer, Vice Chairman of the CIA's National Intelligence Council
Max Singer, who co-founded the Hudson Institute with Herman Kahn, is always full of original, provocative and sometimes mind-bending insights. You’ll never look at a problem quite the same way again once you’ve read Max’s assessment of it. -- Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute
History of the Future points the way to victory, not merely for Republican or conservative candidates but for humanity. It's a knockout. * American Thinker *
Freedom and progress are contagious, and societies that have them in abundance are role models to those that do not. In History of the Future, Hudson Institute co-founder and senior fellow Max Singer forecasts that modern civilization—as Japan, the United States, and other industrialized countries know it— will take root in every country around the world....History of the Future will be an inspiring read to anyone who wonders how the world might move beyond present difficulties. * The Futurist *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Known 1. Shaping History by Defining "Modern" 2. Where Does Wealth Come From and Why Is It Spreading? 3. Freedom 4. The Decline and Fall of the War System 5. The Jihadi Challenge and Islam in the Future Part II: The Not-Yet Known 6. Demography: How Personal Decisions Will Shape the World's Future 7. The Future of Work Epilogue: The Desperate Problems of the Future Note on the Relationship of the Ideas of Herman Kahn to this Book Bibliographical Comments
