The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress

Postrel, Virginia;Simon & Schuster Free Pr

ISBN 10: 0684827603 / ISBN 13: 9780684827605

Published by Free Pr, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1998

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Hardcover 1st edition - aside from a touch of shelfwear in excellent shape - clean and tight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
• Publisher: Free Pr, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684827603
• ISBN 13: 9780684827605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • .Social Sciences - Sociology

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Synopsis

Looking ahead to the next century, the editor of Reason magazine predicts a conflict between advocates of bureaucracy and the status quo and advocates of competition and choice, who will drive progress in technology, business, and the arts. 50,000 first printing.

About the Author

Virginia Postrel is the editor of Reason magazine, a columnist for Forbes and its companion technology magazine, Forbes ASAP, and a contributing editor for the online political magazine IntellectualCapital.com. Her work appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and other major publications. She lives in Los Angeles.