Contents for
May-June 2007
Volume 41, No. 3

A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.

ABOUT THIS ISSUE
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor

Tomorrow in Brief
Phototherapy for Skin Problems
Fusion Power for Space Propulsion
Southern Ocean May Slow Warming
Vending for Health
The Power of Trash

Feedback

Consultants and Services

Defeating Terrorism: Is It Possible? Is It Probable?
By Marvin J. Cetron
More than a decade after offering a detailedbut largely ignoredreport on the growing threat of extremist Islamic terrorism, a global trends analyst illustrated the vital role that futurists play in "thinking the unthinkable."

Time for a Global Welfare System?
By Anil Hira
Terrorism, job shakeouts, pandemics, climate change, and other dislocations are largely the result of tectonic shifts in the global economy. Insecurity  is growing in the developed world in spite of efforts to resolve problems stemming from globalization. A political science professor proposes systemic reform of global institutions as a way to create greater security in a world gone mad. Read the long version.
 

Our Cashless Future
By Allen H. Kupetz
Despite continued concerns over privacy and security, the era of digital currency has arrived.

Plus: Scenario: A Cashless New York City
By Lisa Bodell

Rise of the Cashless Do-Gooder
By Marty Baker

Violent Crime and Cash: The Connection
By David R. Warwick

The Search for Foresight: The World Future Society's First Conference
By Edward Cornish
In this third installment of his memoirs, the Society's founding president tells the inside story of its first conference, held in 1971.haring "ideas and ideals" were drawn to the new, forward-looking organization.

Plus: The World Future Society at 40: First Impressions
By Lane Jennings

Future View: A Futurist Mind-Set
By John Naisbitt
A best-selling futurist author shares his approach to seeing tomorrow in the trends of today.

The Futurist Bookshelf

Managing a Future of Extremes
A book review by Patrick Tucker
In The Extreme Future, Institute for Global Futures CEO James Canton takes an expansive view of the next 20 years.

Book Review Archive

Economics
Subprime Lenders Target Women Unfairly

Demography
Men Not at Work
Promoting Parenthood in Japan

Environment
Survival of the Cutest

Technology
Wireless Devices May Compromise Privacy
Device Thwarts Digital Picture Taking

Society
The Rise of Brain-Focused Teaching
Love and Immigration

Government
Countering Cyber Attacks
Miscroinsurance for Megadisasters

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