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03486aam a2200301 i 4500 001 6FE95C3A593911EF97E47FEE27ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240813010059 008 230518s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2023020955 020 $a 1546005544 020 $a 9781546005544 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Pethokoukis, James,. 245 14 $a The conservative futurist : $b how to create the sci-fi world we were promised / $c by James Pethokoukis. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Nashville : $b Center Street, $c 2023. 300 $a vii, 327 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-311) and index. 520 $a "America was once the world's dream factory. We turned imagination into reality, from curing polio to landing on the Moon to creating the internet. And we were confident that more wonders lay just over the horizon: clean and infinite energy, a cure for cancer, humanoid robots, radical life extension, and space colonies. (Also, of course, flying cars.) Science fiction would become fact. But as we moved into the late 20th century, we grew cautious, even cynical, about what the future held and our ability to shape it. America became a "Down Wing" society. Too many of us saw only the threats from rapid change. The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Great Downshift in economic growth and technological progress, followed by decades of economic stagnation, downsized dreams, and a popular culture fixated on catastrophe: nuclear war, environmental collapse, plague and the zombie apocalypse. We are now at risk of another half-century of making the same Down Wing mistakes and pushing a pro-progress "Up Wing" future into the realm of impossibility. But American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economic policy expert and long-time CNBC contributor James Pethokoukis argues that there's still hope. We can absolutely turn things around-if we choose to dream and act. How dare we delay or fail to deliver for ourselves and our children. With groundbreaking ideas and sharp analysis, Pethokoukis provides a detailed roadmap to a fantastic future filled with incredible progress and prosperity that is both optimistic and realistic. The Conservative Futurist invites readers to invent the future they want to live in and fight for a better tomorrow. Through an exploration of culture, history, and economics, Pethokoukis tells the fascinating story of what went wrong in the past and what we need to do today to finally get it right. Using the latest economic research and policy analysis, as well as conversations with top economists, historians, and technologists, Pethokoukis reveals that the failed futuristic visions of the past were totally possible. And they still are. If America is to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and launch itself into a shining tomorrow, it must again become a fully risk-taking, future-oriented Up Wing society. It's time for America to embrace the future confidently, act boldly, and take that giant leap forward"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20240201. 650 $a Economic forecasting $z United States $x History. 650 $a Technological forecasting $z United States $x History. 651 7 $a United States $x Forecasting. 651 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 1945- 941 $a 1 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240813010921.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6FE95C3A593911EF97E47FEE27ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search