Books like The Rational Optimist How Prosperity Evolves

#1

Goliath’s Curse A Deep History of Societal Collapse and What It Means for Our Future

Luke Kemp

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Economic History

#2

Stuffocation Living More with Less

James Wallman

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Business & Economics

#3

Microtrends Surprising Tales of the Way We Live Today

Mark J. Penn

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Business & Economics

#4

Age of Discovery Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance

Ian Goldin

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Business & Economics

#5

Could Should Might Don’t How We Think About the Future

Nick Foster

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Business & Economics

#6

Future Shock

Alvin Toffler

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Business & Economics

#7

Interurban Knowledge Exchange in Southern and Eastern Europe, 1870-1950

Eszter B. Gantner

Themes: Civilization • Economic History • Business & Economics

#8

The Secret History of Gold Myth, Money, Politics and Power

Dominic Frisby

Themes: Future Studies • Economic History • Business & Economics

#9

Utopia for Realists

Rutger Bregman

Themes: Future Studies • Economic History • Business & Economics

#10

The Optimist’s Telescope Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

Bina Venkataraman

Themes: Future Studies • Economic History • Business & Economics

#11

When China Rules the World The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order

Martin Jacques

Themes: Future Studies • Economic History • Business & Economics

#12

The Weirdest People in the World How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

Joseph Henrich

Themes: Civilization • Economic History • Business & Economics

#13

The Square and the Tower Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power

Niall Ferguson

Themes: Civilization • Economic History • Business & Economics

#14

Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

Fareed Zakaria

Themes: Future Studies • Economic History • Business & Economics

#15

Uncommon Grounds The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World

Mark Pendergrast

Themes: Civilization • Economic History • Business & Economics

#16

America After Empire The Vision for a New America in the 21st Century

Berch Berberoglu

Themes: Future Studies • Economic History • Business & Economics

#17

Nexus A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Yuval Noah Harari

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social Science

#18

Future Stories A User’s Guide to the Future

David Christian

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social Science

#19

Homo Deus A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social Science

#20

What We Owe the Future

William MacAskill

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social Science

#21

Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition

Jared Diamond

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social Science

#22

A Brief History of Motion From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next

Tom Standage

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social Science

#23

Building a Bridge to the 18th Century How the Past Can Improve Our Future

Neil Postman

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social Science

#24

Approaching Chaos Could an Ancient Archetype Save C21st Civilization?

Lucy Wyatt

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social Science