Den globalen Gefährdungen moderner Zivilisation setzt Rifkin die These von einer grundlegend vorhandenen Zugewandtheit …

provided and systematically compared and contrasted with Western Europe. This book addresses some of the major debates tha …

future. He shows how finance was present at key moments in history: driving the invention of writing in ancient Mesopotamia … Goetzmann considers the challenges we face in the future, such as how to use the power of finance to care for an aging and …

revolutionizing civilization. Entrepreneurs often butt up against processes, technologies, social conventions, and even laws. So they …-sailors intercontinental trade, which came to connect Africa, Asia, and Europe; Chinese tea traders' invention of paper money; the colonization … humanity to a multiplanetary future. By exploring all sides of this legacy, Carlen brings much-needed detail to the role of …

civilization - in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics - which have transformed the way we live. Now a fifth transition …