The World in 2020 Hamish McRae

THE WORLD IN 2020

1.    Title                   -     The World in 2020

2.    Author                  -     Hamish McRae

3.    Pages                   -     302

4.    Price                   -     Not Known

5.    Published by                  -     Ali Majeed Printers 107-A Kacha

                                          Rashid Road, Lahore

About the Author

6.    Hamish McRae read economics at Trinity College, Dublin. He started his career as a journalist on the Liverpool Post, and was then successively deputy editor of The Banker, editor of Euromoney and financial editor of the Guardian before moving to the Independent in 1989, where he is now associate editor. He is co-author, with his wife Frances Cairncross, of Capital City: London as a Financial Centre. Awards include the Harold Wincott prize for financial journalism in 1979 and a commendation in the first Amex Bank Eassy awards in 1987. He is a regular radio broadcaster on LBC and BBC.

About the Book

7.    The World in 2020 is a radical new vision of the way the world is changing. It shows clearly how the cutting edge will be cultural rather than technological and why originality will prove as important  discipline in the struggle for dominance. Using analytical tools which reveal the true potential for growth and social harmony in each country, acclaimed commentator Hamish McRae shows how demographic change, the costs of social disintegration and rapidly developing new resources are bringing about profound shifts in the world order.

Critical Analysis

8.    Drawing on the best research available from Europe, Japan and America on long-term growth prospects, McRae expounds a highly original vision of the economic case for good behaviour. As the developed nations become ever more able to imitate each other innovations cross national boundaries within days and weeks rather than months and years it will be those countries which can best combine ingenuity with social order that will emerge triumphant by the year 2020. Intellectually challenging, accessible to the general reader, provocative and stimulating, The World in 2020 is an important contribution to our understanding of the world as it is now and how it will change.

9.    Author has divided the book into three parts:-

a.    Part I. In first part author has explained the factors which make some country and nation grow. Then the author has given present and future picture of North America, Europe and East Asia. He has explained his view point with the help of tables and graphs.

b.    Part II. In this part author has discussed the forces which will bring change in the world. He has discussed demography, resources and environments, Financial, Technology, Govt and society in detail.

c.    Part III. Author has given a picture of world in 2020. Then he has explained the position of North America, Europe and East Asia in future.

Comments

10.   The "book The World in 2020" is a rare combination of economics, political Judgment and human values. It clearly indicates that how the world would be in 2020. What factors will contribute towards changes, how the priorities will change? What will be the economic and political position of different countries of the world. The book is recommended to be read by officers of all ranks, specially young officers.