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Presenting 30 never-before-seen global opinion polls, Can the World be Wrong? reveals what we really think of our leaders, businesses and policymakers, and what this might all say about where we're headed in the 21st century. Doug Miller provides a sharp analysis of the global financial crash, green consumer movement, poverty and globalization.
List of contents
1. Where on earth are we going?
2. Can the world be wrong?
3. A post-superpower world
4. How the mighty are falling
5. Retreat from economic globalization
6. Toward a sustainable economy
7. The evolution of business 1975–2015
8. A new social contract for business
9. The rise of the ethical consumer
10. A civil society renaissance?
11. War on terror to war on poverty?
12. Whither the United Nations?
13. If current trends continue
14. Ideas for the 21st century
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Doug Miller, John Elkington
Summary
Presenting 30 never-before-seen global opinion polls, Can the World be Wrong? reveals what we really think of our leaders, businesses and policymakers, and what this might all say about where we're headed in the 21st century. Doug Miller provides a sharp analysis of the global financial crash, green consumer movement, poverty and globalization.
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InCan the World Be Wrong?, author Doug Miller, renowned global polling authority and founder of GlobeScan, documents his company's polling results over decades in many countries. GlobeScan's polls ask questions beyond the myopic "horse race" political polls that clutter our media. Miller lays out GlobeScan's polls on the key global issues of our time in chapters: "Where on Earth are we going?"; "A post-superpower world"; "Retreat from economic globalization"; "Toward a sustainable economy"; "A new social contract for business"; "The rise of the ethical consumer"; "War on terror to war on poverty?"; and "Whither the United Nations." - AlphaSource.com - Hazel Henderson
