TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,Richard
TI  - Future files: a brief history of the next 50 years 
SN  - 9781857885347 (pbk.)
AV  - CB 161 W341f 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, Boston
PB  - Nicholas Brealey Pub.
KW  - Twenty-first century
KW  - Forecasts
KW  - Technological forecasting
KW  - Economic forecasting
KW  - Siglo XXI
KW  - Previsiones
KW  - Previsión tecnológica
KW  - Previsión económica
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Society and culture : why we'll take longer baths in the future -- Science and technology : the rise of the machines -- Government and politics : us and them -- Media and entertainment : have it your way -- Money and financial services : everyone is a bank -- Automotive and transport : the end of the road as we know it -- Food and drink : faster and slower -- Retail and shopping : what we'll buy when we've got it already -- Healthcare and medicine : older and wiser -- Travel and tourism : "sorry, this country is full" --  Work and business : the new right-brain economy -- Conclusions : where to next?
N2  - This text looks at several possible futures and how the world might change in the next half-century. Richard Watson examines emerging patterns and developments in society, technology, the economy, media, health care and business, and draws educated and entertaining conclusions as to where they might take us
ER  -