forecasting

Describes the problems of a world economy dependent on oil, and the reliance of governments, companies, developing nations, and the western world on a cheap, readily available energy source, and explores the economics and politics behind oil, and alternatives to it.

Describes how advancements and innovations in biotechnology are changing the lives of people in the twenty-first century, and discusses an electronic nose that can detect infection based on a person's breath, computerized psychotherapists, brainwave operating wheelchairs, and more.

Discusses the bioscientific discoveries of the twenty-first century, covering technological advancements and controverial issues such as the human lifespan, the future of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and more; and offers long-term scenariosthat could impact the reader's health, family, career, and society.

Presents opposing viewpoints on the future of America through discussion of social, technological, economic, ecological, and political factors.

The author describes a world where the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, maintaining that the economic growth of other nations like China, India, and Russia have challenged America's standing around the world.

This book traces the possible consequences of a global super-plague, with ideas and evidence based on similar scenarios from fact and fiction.

Provides descriptions of nearly five hundred jobs that have average annual earnings of $40,000 or more, a projected growth rate of ten percent or more, and 100,000 or more openings each year; and features lists that group the jobs by interests, age, gender, and other criteria.

Provides descriptions of the 141 jobs predicted to have the most openings through the year 2008, each with information on required skills, education, and training; pay, working conditions, advancement opportunities, and nature of work.

Explores how the resource of water has diminished and what can be done to improve the resource.

"What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan ... paints a vivid, alarming picture of what the world might look like if the United States were truly to let its influence wane"--Flap p. 1 of dust jacket.