In 100 years : leading economists predict the future / [print]
In one hundred years
edited by Ignacio Palacios-Huerta.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
The world our grandchildren will inherit / Through the darkness to a brighter future / The cone of uncertainty of the 21st century's economic hurricane / Wealth and the self-protection society / Keynes, his grandchildren and ours / American politics and global progress in the 21st century / In 100 years / The risks of the next century and their management / Stray thoughts on how it might go / The geoengineered planet / Daron Acemoglu -- Angus Deaton -- Avinash K. Dixit -- Edward L. Glaeser -- Andreu Mas-Colell -- John E. Roemer -- Alvin E. Roth -- Robert J. Shiller -- Robert M. Solow -- Martin L. Weitzman.
In this book, ten prominent economists--including Nobel laureates and several likely laureates--offer their ideas about the world of the twenty-second century. In scenarios that range from the optimistic to the guardedly gloomy, these thinkers consider such topics as the transformation of work and wages, the continuing increase in inequality, the economic rise of China and India, the endlessly repeating cycle of crisis and (projected) recovery, the benefits of technology, the economic consequences of political extremism, and the long-range effects of climate change.