50 Books for Thinking About the Future Human Condition

1. 1. The New History of the World by J. M. Roberts Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond Drag me to re-order

4. 4. The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Twentieth-Century Classics) by John Maynard Keynes Drag me to re-order

5. 5. ? The Year 2000: A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-Three Years, by Kahn Herman Drag me to re-order

6. 6. ? The next 200 years: A scenario for America and the world by Herman Kahn Drag me to re-order

7. 7. The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting by Daniel Bell Drag me to re-order

8. 8. Future Shock by Alvin Toffler Drag me to re-order

9. 9. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier Drag me to re-order

10. 10. The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) by Paul Gordon Lauren Drag me to re-order

11. 11. ? Readings in Human Development: Concepts, Measures and Policies for a Development Paradigm Drag me to re-order

12. 12. Human Development Report, 2000 by United Nations Development Programme Drag me to re-order

13. 13. Human Development Report 2001: Making New Technologies Work for Human Development (Human Development Report) by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Drag me to re-order

14. 14. Human Development Report 2002 by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Drag me to re-order

15. 15. Human Development Report 2003: Millennium Development Goals: A Compact among Nations to End Human Poverty (Human Development Report) by United Nations Development Programme Drag me to re-order

16. 16. Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World (Human Development Report) by United Nations Development Programme Drag me to re-order

17. 17. Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century Drag me to re-order

18. 18. Understanding International Conflicts: An Introduction to Theory and History (Longman Classics in Political Science) by Joseph S. Nye Drag me to re-order

19. 19. ? Genomics and World Health by Report of the Advisory Committee on Health Research Drag me to re-order

20. 20. How Many People Can the Earth Support? by Joel E. Cohen Drag me to re-order

21. 21. The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century Drag me to re-order

22. 22. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley Drag me to re-order

23. 23. Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies by Mick Wilson Drag me to re-order

24. 24. The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom? by David Brin Drag me to re-order

25. 25. The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future by Richard B. Alley Drag me to re-order

26. 26. Natural Capitalism by L. Hunter Lovins Drag me to re-order

27. 27. Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series) by Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Drag me to re-order

28. 28. Winning the Oil Endgame by Amory B. Lovins Drag me to re-order

29. 29. Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz Drag me to re-order

30. 30. In Defense of Globalization by Jagdish Bhagwati Drag me to re-order

31. 31. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman Drag me to re-order

32. 32. Economic Development (9th Edition) (Addison-Wesley Series in Economics) by Michael P. Todaro Drag me to re-order

33. 33. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey D. Sachs Drag me to re-order

34. 34. The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong Drag me to re-order

35. 35. Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction, Third Edition (European Union) by John McCormick Drag me to re-order

36. 36. The Rise of China: How Economic Reform is Creating a New Superpower by William H. Overholt Drag me to re-order

37. 37. China's Second Revolution: Reform After Mao by Harry Harding Drag me to re-order

38. 38. India: Emerging Power by Stephen Philip Cohen Drag me to re-order

39. 39. Modern Latin America, Sixth Edition by Thomas E. Skidmore Drag me to re-order

40. 40. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin Drag me to re-order

41. 41. Russia in Search of Itself by James H. Billington Drag me to re-order

42. 42. African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation by Peter J. Schraeder Drag me to re-order

43. 43. Futuring: The Exploration of the Future by Edward Cornish Drag me to re-order

44. 44. Macrohistory and Macrohistorians: Perspectives on Individual, Social, and Civilizational Change Drag me to re-order

45. 45. Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Long-Term Policy Analysis by Steven C. Bankes Drag me to re-order

46. 46. Who Will Pay?: Coping With Aging Societies, Climate Change, and Other Long-Term Fiscal Challenges by Peter S. Heller Drag me to re-order

47. 47. Global Crises, Global Solutions Drag me to re-order

48. 48. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus Drag me to re-order

49. 49. Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever by Ray Kurzweil Drag me to re-order

50. 50. Amish Society by John A. Hostetler Drag me to re-order