TY - BOOK AU - Markely,O.W. AU - McCuan,Walter R. TI - America beyond 2001: opposing viewpoints AV - HN59.M478.A447 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - San Diego, California PB - Greenhaven Press KW - Social prediction KW - United States KW - Economic forecasting KW - Twenty-first century KW - Forecasts N1 - 2; Technology will strengthen the traditional family; Christopher J. Check --; The traditional family will be less prevalent; Claudia Wallis --; A vision of revitalized education; David Pesanelli --; A vision of declining education; George H. Jacobson --; Immigrants will strengthen America's future; Peter Francese --; Immigrants will weaken America's future; Joseph F. Coates --; The aging of America : alternative visions; Walter A. Hahn --; Ethics for the twenty-first century; Rushworth M. Kidder --; Technology can secure America's future; Andrew Pollack ... [and others] -- Technology can be damaging; Chellis Glendinning --; Information technology is revolutionary; William E. Halal --; Information technology is not revolutionary; Tom Forester --; Technology rapidly changes society; Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler --; Technology slowly changes society; Nicholas Wade --; Information technology workers, 2010; Andy Hines --; Information technology criminals, 2010; Richter H. Moore Jr. -- The global economy is real; Tom Peters --; The global economy is largely myth; Alan Farnham --; Entitlement programs are sustainable; Daniel Patrick Moynihan --; Entitlement programs are not sustainable; Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform --; America needs an industrial policy; Hazel Henderson --; America does not need an industrial policy; Karl Zinsmeister --; America's economy may become intensely regulated; Alfred L. Malabre Jr. -- Economic scenarios : from boom to collapse; Kenneth Labich --; Sustainable development is possible; Al Gore --; Sustainable development is unlikely; Donald Ludwig, Ray Hilborn and Carl Walters --; The future looks bright for alternative fuels; Shawna Tracy and Roberta Stauffer --; The future looks dim for alternative fuels; Len Frank and Dan McCosh --; Greenhouse America : a twenty-first-century "wild card" / Harold W. Bernard Jr. -- Normal weather : a twenty-first-century trend; Robert C. Balling Jr. -- America is becoming a Third World country; Edward N. Luttwak --; America is not becoming a Third World country; Robert L. Bartley --; From Cold War to American Renaissance; Marvin Cetron --; From Cold War to Cold Peace; Jeffrey E. Garten --; The coming of the information revolution; Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler --; The potential military takeover of America; Charles J. Dunlap Jr; 2 N2 - This book discusses opinions about the future or forecasting for the twenty-first century ER -