The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It
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Book Information
| Publisher: | Back Bay Books |
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| Publish Date: | 06/02/2010 |
| Pages: | 304 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780316118118 |
| ISBN-10: | 0316118117 |
| Language: | English |
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Today the very ideas that made America great imperil its future. Our plans go awry and policies fail. History's grandest war against terrorism creates more terrorists. Global capitalism, intended to improve lives, increases the gap between rich and poor. Decisions made to stem a financial crisis guarantee its worsening. Environmental strategies to protect species lead to their extinction.
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