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*Hudson Institute cordially invites you to a book forum on...***** *The History of the Future:** The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today***** ** ** *Monday, July 18** 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM***** *Hudson Institute Co-founders Max Singer and Herman Kahn, 1961***** Human character has always been shaped by struggles against poverty, tyranny, and war. Hudson Institute co-founder and Senior Fellow *Max Singer*<http://www.hudson.org/singer>’s new book, *The History of the Future: The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today*<http://www.amazon.com/History-Future-Shape-World-Visible/dp/0739164864/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1310134135&sr=8-3>(Lexington Books), argues that poverty, tyranny, and war will be largely eliminated in the future. Without the struggles that have plagued humanity throughout history, Singer says we will have to find new ways to shape character. In this work which continues the research into the future that Singer began with Herman Kahn<http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=HermanKahn>a half-century ago, Singer asks the important question: Will people really be better off when the whole world has become wealthy, free, and peaceful?** ** Professor Bruce Bueno de Mesquita of New York University praises *The History of the Future*, noting that “anyone who wants to understand where the world of politics, economics, and freedom is headed must read this book.”**** Singer is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and at the BESA Institute of Bar Ilan University in Israel. He is the author of *Passage to a Human World: The Dynamics of Creating Global Wealth*<http://www.amazon.com/Passage-Human-World-Dynamics-Creating/dp/0887382592>, with a foreword by Irving Kristol (Transaction Publishers, 2d ed. 1989); and of *The REAL World Order: Zones of Peace/Zones of Turmoil*<http://www.amazon.com/Real-World-Order-Comparative-International/dp/1566430313>, with Aaron Wildavsky (Chatham House, rev’d ed. 1996).**** Hudson Institute has convened an illustrious panel to offer their thoughts on Singer’s insightful new work. Joining Singer to discuss the book will be *Hillel Fradkin* <http://www.hudson.org/fradkin>, Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World, and *Michael Mandelbaum*, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Hudson President and CEO *Kenneth Weinstein*<http://www.hudson.org/weinstein>will host and provide introductions for the event. **** *Click here to register for this event<http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_registration&event_id=864> .***** This event will be streamed live on Hudson's website: www.hudson.org/WatchLive. **** *<http://www.amazon.com/History-Future-Shape-World-Visible/dp/0739164872/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1310140025&sr=8-2> ***** *Copies of the book will be available for purchase.***** *Click here to register for this event. <http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_registration&event_id=864> ***** *Complimentary lunch will be served. ***** *Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center** Hudson Institute 1015 15th Street NW 6th Floor Washington, DC 20005 www.hudson.org***** *[Map<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1015+15th+st,+nw,+washington+dc&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1015+15th+St+NW,+Washington+D.C.,+District+of+Columbia,+20005&gl=us&ll=38.90319,-77.034202&spn=0.0088,0.010922&t=h&z=16> ]***** **** ** ** **** ** ** -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
