A Brief History of the Future: What the World Will Be in 100 Years

Never has the world offered more promise for the future and been more fraught with dangers. In this powerful and sometimes terrifying work, Attali analyzes the past and pinpoints nine distinct periods of human history, each with its world center of power and prestige, and predicts what the tenth will bring by the end of this century. Attali foresees the disappearance of individual countries and the dominance of a world government, with democracy prevailing. However, the ultimate, burning question is: Will we leave our children and grandchildren a world that is not only viable but better, or in this nuclear world bequeath to them a planet that will be a living hell? Either way, he warns, the time to act is now.Attali, Jacques is the author of 'A Brief History of the Future: What the World Will Be in 100 Years', published 2009 under ISBN 9781559708791 and ISBN 1559708794.