This book examines in a critical manner the approach to the forecasting of the future. The overall scope of the book can be assessed from the following chapter headings: 1) Malthus with a computer, Christopher Freeman. 2) The structure of world models, H.S.D. Cole. 3) Non-renewable resources sub-system, R.W. Page. 4) The population sub-system, R.W. Page. 5) The agricultural sub-system, Pauline K. Marstrand and K.L.R. Pavitt. 6) The capital and industrial output sub-system, P.A. Julien and Christopher Freeman, (Appendix C.M. Cooper). 7) The pollution sub-system, Pauline K. Marstrand and T.C. Sinclair. 8) Energy resources, A.J. Surrey and A.J. Bromley. 9) An evaluation of the world models, H.S.D. Cole and R.C. Curnow. 10) Malthus and other economists, K.L.R. Pavitt. 11) Population forecasting, R.W. Page. 12) Environmentalism, T.L. Sinclair. 13) Systems dynamics and technology, H.G. Simmons. 14) Postscript on social change, Marie Jahoda.
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