The 2024 Report: A Concise History Of The Future 1974-2024
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
What if a historian from the year 2024 looked back to chronicle the sweeping transformations that reshaped human civilisation over the preceding fifty years? The 2024 Report: A Concise History of the Future 1974–2024 presents exactly that audacious conceit, written by Norman Macrae — legendary deputy editor of *The Economist* — as a work of speculative non-fiction that reads with the authority of a future textbook. Published in 1984, the book argues with remarkable prescience that decentralised computing, the decline of rigid corporate structures, and the rise of entrepreneurial individualism would define the coming decades, anticipating trends that would not become conventional wisdom for another generation. Macrae's style is sharp, witty, and disarmingly confident — the voice of a seasoned economic journalist who has turned futurism into a disciplined art. The narrative cuts across geopolitics, technology, economics, and social change, illustrating how interconnected forces would conspire to render many 20th-century institutions obsolete. Decades after its publication, the book stands as a remarkable document of visionary thinking, leaving the reader to wonder, with no small degree of astonishment, just how much Macrae got right.
Author: Norman Macrae
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Sidgwick & Jackson
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
What if a historian from the year 2024 looked back to chronicle the sweeping transformations that reshaped human civilisation over the preceding fifty years? The 2024 Report: A Concise History of the Future 1974–2024 presents exactly that audacious conceit, written by Norman Macrae — legendary deputy editor of *The Economist* — as a work of speculative non-fiction that reads with the authority of a future textbook. Published in 1984, the book argues with remarkable prescience that decentralised computing, the decline of rigid corporate structures, and the rise of entrepreneurial individualism would define the coming decades, anticipating trends that would not become conventional wisdom for another generation. Macrae's style is sharp, witty, and disarmingly confident — the voice of a seasoned economic journalist who has turned futurism into a disciplined art. The narrative cuts across geopolitics, technology, economics, and social change, illustrating how interconnected forces would conspire to render many 20th-century institutions obsolete. Decades after its publication, the book stands as a remarkable document of visionary thinking, leaving the reader to wonder, with no small degree of astonishment, just how much Macrae got right.