forecasting

Examines social changes in the areas of family life, education, housing, work, fashion, communication, and health over the past 100 years and offers predictions for the future.

Discusses futurists, from psychics to economists and philosophers, and the ways they study the past and present in order to forecast the future.

The author examines the Soviet Union and its former satellites, Japan, and the United States to determine what the future will bring for these countries.

Focuses on the contribution each individual can make in the 1990s.

Debates issues related to America's future: Is America in decline? What is America's economic future? Is America falling behind in technology?.