1st Edition

Can the World be Wrong? Where Global Public Opinion Says We're Headed

By Doug Miller, John Elkington Copyright 2016
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

When the global economy and world order become uncertain, where do we look for a sense of where things are heading? Can the World Be Wrong? lays out a compelling case for looking to long-term trends in global public opinion to help predict the future. Written by a pioneer of global polling, the book is provocatively illustrated by decade-long public opinion trends across 20 countries, on... Read more

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

Biography

Doug Miller, John Elkington

In Can 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