:how superpowers, populations, and globalization will change the way you live and work
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Robert J. Shapiro
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: St. Martin's Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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x, 358 p.
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: ; 25 cm.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The global blueprint -- The demographic earthquake -- The new primacy of globalization -- The two poles of globalization : China and the United States -- The new economics of decline for Europe and Japan -- The new geopolitics of the sole superpower : the players -- The coming crises in health care, energy, and the global environment -- History's wild cards : catastrophic terrorism and technological breakthroughs