This text is a powerful, level-headed defence of globalization - a phenomenon which is enhancing our concept of individual freedom. It looks at the shanty towns of Sao Paulo and the London that has revolutionized the telecommunications industry, to answer questions about the future in this age of globalization. The book questions aspects of politics and society and unveils a new meritocratic global ruling class, which it dubs "Cosmocrats", as well as addressing the winners in the globalization process it covers the losers - from car workers in the US to the environment in Bangkok.
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"As the angry confrontation erupted at the Seattle WTO meeting in late 1999, I found myself furious. Not at the protesters, but at myself and my kind for having done such a rotten job of explaining in clear and compelling English the power and benefits of globalization. Now John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge weigh in with the response I prayed for. A Future Perfect fills a yawning void with a magisterial case for the most powerful--and life-enhancing--force on earth: globalization."
--Tom Peters
"A Future Perfect has taken up the challenge of translating the many aspects of globalization into human and understandable terms. It is a convincing, even-handed, often witty defense and will do much to clarify this often misunderstood "revolution" of the new century."
-- Henry Kissinger
From the Hardcover edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
--Tom Peters
"A Future Perfect has taken up the challenge of translating the many aspects of globalization into human and understandable terms. It is a convincing, even-handed, often witty defense and will do much to clarify this often misunderstood "revolution" of the new century."
-- Henry Kissinger
From the Hardcover edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
About the Author
John Micklethwait is the London-based US editor of the Economist; Adrian Wooldridge its Washington correspondent. Their award-winning book on management gurus, The Witch Doctors, was an international bestseller and translated into eight languages
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