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197–99, 200, 201, 214, 427n7; speculation in, 128, 341; culture in, 334, 343; democracy
in, 120–21, 200–201; and U.S., 196–99, in, 413–14; development in, 343–47;
202; vs. purchasing power parity, 427n7; vs. environment in, 343, 358–70, 416; foreign
universal currency, 117–22. See also foreign relations in, 338–39, 409; of globalization,
exchange reserves 109–17, 125–26, 129, 343, 344, 353–54;
exports: Chinese, 250; in coincidence theory, global state in, 111–12; Internet in, 342,
330, 331; and debt, 183, 192, 193, 194; 392, 393, 397–403, 416; languages in, 409,
and development, 131, 265, 283, 284, 331; 418; migration in, 343, 346, 409, 414;
and direct foreign investment, 186–87; and multiculturalism in, 409, 418–19; of
exchange rates, 195, 198; and integration, natural resources, 343, 344, 358–70; NGOs
88; of labor, 122; from Niger, 148–49, 154; in, 343, 356–58, 413–14; and pragmatism,
and trade imbalances, 185–86 333–34; and pro-growth lobby, 335;
extinctions, 175–77 scenarios for, 342–43; science in, 334, 337,
extraterrestrials, 111 343, 392–97; security in, 403–8;
technology in, 335, 343, 392–97, 413–14;
Faulkner, William, 34 terrorism in, 404–5; Twelve Great Issues
Fespaco (Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de for, 343; unpredictability of, 73–74; war in,
la Télévision de Ouagadougou), 29, 427n4 343, 403–8, 419
feudalism, 63, 80, 109, 291, 293 future studies, 26–34; in 1989, 45–46; and
Fiji, 314, 378, 379 coincidence theory, 322, 325; and past,
fi lm industry, 29, 60, 248–49, 427n4 34–35, 40–41; vs. futurology, 26
fi nancial markets: crises in, 95, 98, 117, 119, 188,
193, 200, 201–202; global, 220; imbalances Gabon, 64
in, 182–203; interdependence of, 95, 182 Galapagos Islands, 177
The Financial Times , 239, 252, 269 Gallus Anonymus, 80
Finland, 137, 190, 212, 224, 301, 436n22; Gambia, 193
development in, 136, 162, 165; and the GDP (gross domestic product): and aid to
future, 334; and globalization, 254; and less-developed countries, 385, 402; in
greenhouse gases, 179; NRI of, 142; SWB coincidence theory, 330; and debt, 192; and
in, 270 defi 187, 189; and democracy, 166–67, cits,
Ford, Henry, 315 168–69, 173; and development, 54, 263, 265,
foreign aid, 143, 210; and development, 286, 266, 267, 281, 287; and environment, 179,
346; and education, 164, 385; as percent of 358; and freedom, 171, 172; future relevance
GDP, 385, 402; and poverty, 381, 385–86; of, 61, 350; history of, 58–59; and income
and U.N., 348–49; vs. trade, 155, 186 distribution, 164, 243; and inequalities,
foreign exchange reserves, 187–90; and debt, 129–31, 139, 383; and intellectual property
183–85; of Poland, 189–90, 197, 199–200; rights, 297; and ISI, 270, 271; and
and speculation, 199 population, 380, 381; and size of the state,
France, 44, 301, 327, 375, 389; and China, 229; 245; vs. HDI, 157–66, 173, 270, 273; vs.
colonialism of, 94, 249, 304; and currency, leisure time, 222, 415; vs. NRI, 143; weight
120, 121; economic freedom in, 172; of, 390; and women, 285. See also under
fi nances of, 192, 195, 196; Gini coeffi particular countries and regions cient
for, 136; and neoliberalism, 212; GDP (gross domestic product), world: and
population of, 377, 380; and regional China, 61, 226, 235; growth of, 59, 67–68,
groups, 31, 97; work time in, 221–22 282–83, 343–47; per capita, 129, 137; weight
freedom: of choice, 81, 83, 231; economic, of, 412–13
170–72, 232; and human rights, 31, 83; and Genghis Khan, 111
liberalization, 85–86; measures of, 166–74, geography, 39, 43; and coincidence theory,
170, 172–73; and the state, 242 322, 325; and culture, 314; and
Freedom House (U.S.), 167–70, 244 development, 74, 132, 286; and
Freedom Union (UW; Poland), 216 globalization, 102–3
Friedman, Thomas L., 93 Georgia, 64, 312, 327, 339, 354, 373, 438n6
Fukuyama, Francis, 4, 58, 211, 319, 395 Germany, 36, 99, 136, 301; aging population
the future, 338–420; change in, 55–56, 394, in, 375; artists of, 127; birth rate in, 373,
408–9; and coincidence theory, 336; crises 414; and China, 229; and climate, 75, 179;
