a brief history of the future

a brave and controversial look

at the twenty-first century

Jacques attali

translated by Jeremy leggatt

Arcade Publishing
NEW YORK
 Contents
Foreword ix

1
A Very Long History 1

2
A Brief History of Capitalism 19

3
The End of the American Empire 105

4
First Wave of the Future: Planetary Empire 165

5
Second Wave of the Future: Planetary War 211

6
Third Wave of the Future: Planetary Democracy 255

Index 279