50 Books for Thinking About the Future Human Condition(found at: http://www.rand.org/international_programs/pardee/50books/)
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The New History of the World
by J. M. Roberts
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition
by Jared Diamond
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Twentieth-Century Classics)
by John Maynard Keynes
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The Year 2000: A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-Three Years,
by Herman, Kahn
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The next 200 years: A scenario for America and the world
by Herman Kahn
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The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting (Harper Colophon Books)
by Daniel Bell
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Future Shock
by Alvin Toffler
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier
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The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
by Paul Gordon Lauren
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Readings in Human Development: Concepts, Measures and Policies for a Development Paradigm | ||
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Human Development Report, 2000
by United Nations Development Programme
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Human Development Report 2001: Making New Technologies Work for Human Development (Human Development Report)
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Human Development Report 2002
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Human Development Report 2003: Millennium Development Goals: A Compact among Nations to End Human Poverty (Human Development Report)
by United Nations Development Programme
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Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World (Human Development Report)
by United Nations Development Programme
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Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century | ||
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Understanding International Conflicts: An Introduction to Theory and History (Longman Classics in Political Science)
by Joseph S. Nye
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Genomics and World Health
by Report of the Advisory Committee on Health Research
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How Many People Can the Earth Support?
by Joel E. Cohen
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The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century | ||
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Genome
by Matt Ridley
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Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies
by Mick Wilson
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The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?
by David Brin
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The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future
by Richard B. Alley
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Natural Capitalism
by L. Hunter Lovins
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Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series)
by Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
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Winning the Oil Endgame
by Amory B. Lovins
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Globalization and Its Discontents
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
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In Defense of Globalization
by Jagdish Bhagwati
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
by Thomas L. Friedman
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Economic Development (9th Edition) (Addison-Wesley Series in Economics)
by Michael P. Todaro
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
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The Battle for God
by Karen Armstrong
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Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction, Third Edition (European Union)
by John McCormick
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The Rise of China: How Economic Reform Is Creating a New Superpower
by William H. Overholt
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China's Second Revolution: Reform After Mao
by Harry Harding
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India: Emerging Power
by Stephen P. Cohen
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Modern Latin America, Sixth Edition
by Thomas E. Skidmore
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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin
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Russia in Search of Itself (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
by James H. Billington
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African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation
by Peter J. Schraeder
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Futuring: The Exploration of the Future
by Edward Cornish
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Macrohistory and Macrohistorians: Perspectives on Individual, Social, and Civilizational Change | ||
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Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Long-Term Policy Analysis
by Robert J. Lempert
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Who Will Pay?: Coping With Aging Societies, Climate Change, and Other Long-Term Fiscal Challenges
by Peter S. Heller
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Global Crises, Global Solutions | ||
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Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus
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Fantastic Voyage : Live Long Enough to Live Forever
by Ray Kurzweil
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Amish Society
by John A. Hostetler
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