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Friedman gyorgy, born february 1, 1949 is a hungarianborn u. See all 15 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. A forecast for the 21st century by george friedman doubleday. George friedman has forecasted the coming trends politics, technology, population, and culture of the next century in the next 100 years, and focused his predictions on the coming ten years in the next decade. Positing that civilization is at the dawn of a new era, he offers a lucid, highly. A forecast for the 21st century friedman, george isbn. He is founder and chief intelligence officer of stratfor, which analyses and forecasts trends in world affairs. The next 100 years by george friedman, published in 2010. At the time i was urged to compare it with the work of another futurist, george friedman, whose 2010 book the next 100 years appeared five years earlier. Apr 08, 20 in this sydney writers festival session, internationally renowned security and intelligence expert george friedman talks to michael sexton about the key ideas of his new book, the next 100. Map the world circa 2050, according to george friedmans book the next 100 years. The next 100 years goodreads meet your next favorite book.
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