The World in 2050
How to Think About the Future
$25.37
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2023
Summary
A dazzling history of the future – Hamish McRae has given us a *tour de force* - Tim Harford
A bold and illuminating vision of the future, from one of Europe’s foremost speakers on global trends in economics, business and society
What will the world look like in 2050? How will complex forces of change – demography, the environment, finance, technology and ideas about governance – affect our global society? And how, with so many unknowns, sho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526600066 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1526600064 |
| Author: | Hamish McRae |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 130mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Thoughtful, sensible, and extremely well-written
PRAISE FOR THE WORLD IN 2050: A dazzling history of the future – Hamish McRae has given us a tour de force.
* Tim Harford *Wholeheartedly recommended … exceptionally stimulating … a cornucopia of well-reasoned, insightful analysis. – Ian Harwood * The Society of Professional Economists *
Exceptionally wide ranging, deeply thoughtful and well written … We cannot predict the future, but fortunately we can read Hamish McRae’s masterful analysis to anticipate, understand and shape it. * Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford *
Looking into the future takes courage and insight and fortunately Hamish McRae has both. In this engrossing book, he draws on a wealth of research to examine the great trends that are shaping our world and help us to understand where we are going – Margaret MacMillan
Praise for The World in 2020:
Each page bristles with insights. Everybody who is thoughtful about the future should read this book
A rare combination of economics, political judgement and human values – Anthony Sampson
Brings together a wealth of information, sound judgements and an eye for telling detail * Financial Times *
The best topographical survey of the world’s economic landscape that I have read * International Herald Tribune *
Thoughtful, sensible, and extremely well-written * Economist *
Hamish McRae
Hamish McRae writes weekly columns on economics and finance in the Mail on Sunday and the i newspaper. He has been financial editor of the Guardian and Independent and has won numerous awards, including Business and Finance Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. He is an Orwell Fellow. His other books include The World in 2020, What Works: Success in Stressful Times, and, written with Frances Cairncross, Capital City: London as a Financial Centre.
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