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		Image from Amazon.com	Predicting the future : from Jules Verne to Bill Gates by Malone, John Williams Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : M. Evans, 1997 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: CB161 M346P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Megathreats : ten dangerous trends that imperil our future, and how to survive them / Nouriel Roubini. by Roubini, Nouriel [author.] Edition: First edition. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Little, Brown and Company, 2022 Other title: Mega threats : ten dangerous trends that imperil our future, and how to survive them Ten dangerous trends that imperil our future and how to survive them Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: CB161 R682M 2022. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Architectures of the near future / guest-edited by Nic Clear by Clear, Nic [ed.] Series: Architectural design ; vol. 79, no. 5 \| Architectural design ; profile no. 201 Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Wiley, 2009 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: NA1 A723. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Boom and bust : a global history of financial bubbles / William Quinn, John D. Turner by Quinn, William, 1990- [author.] Turner, John D, 1971- [author.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HB3716 Q566B 2023. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Physics of the future : how science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 / Michio Kaku by Kaku, Michio Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Doubleday, c2011 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q175.5 K348P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The world in 2020 : power, culture and prosperity by McRae, Hamish Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, 1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HD30.27 M327W. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	A history of the future / Donna Goodman by Goodman, Donna Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Monacelli Press, c2008 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: NA2750 G662H. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The future of economic growth : as new becomes old / Robert Boyer by Boyer, Robert Series: The Saint-Gobain Centre for Economic Studies series Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Cheltenham : Elgar, c2004 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HD82 B693F. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Emerging issues in the 21st century world-system. Volume I, Crises and resistance in the 21st century world-system [electronic resource] / edited by Wilma A. Dunaway ; foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein by Dunaway, Wilma A Series: Emerging Issues in the 21st Century World-system Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003 Other title: Emerging issues in the twenty first century world-system Crises and resistance in the 21st century world-system Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Emerging issues in the 21st century world-system [electronic resource] / edited by Wilma A. Dunaway ; foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein. by Dunaway, Wilma A [, ed.] Series: Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 230 \| Studies in the political economy of the world-system Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003 Other title: Emerging issues in the twenty first century world-system Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Global economic prospects and the developing countries 2001 by World Bank Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Washington, D.C., Wash. : The Bank, c2001 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HC59.69 G562 2001. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow / Yuval Noah Harari. by Harari, Yuval N [author,, translator] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publisher: London : Vintage, 2017 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: CB428 H372H 2017. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The case for books : past, present, and future / Robert Darnton by Darnton, Robert Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : PublicAffairs, c2009 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Z116 .A2 D376C. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)