The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It

Joshua Cooper Ramo

Mar 2009 · Sold by Little, Brown

About this ebook

Today the very ideas that made America great imperil its future. Our plans go awry and policies fail. History's grandest war against terrorism creates more terrorists. Global capitalism, intended to improve lives, increases the gap between rich and poor. Decisions made to stem a financial crisis guarantee its worsening. Environmental strategies to protect species lead to their extinction. The traditional physics of power has been replaced by something radically different.

In The Age of the Unthinkable, Joshua Cooper Ramo puts forth a revelatory new model for understanding our dangerously unpredictable world. Drawing upon history, economics, complexity theory, psychology, immunology, and the science of networks, he describes a new landscape of inherent unpredictability -- and remarkable, wonderful possibility.

Ratings and reviews

E pluribus unum. What a challenge to maintain both maximum unity and maximum diversity! To care for others and invest in others while creating maximum self-resiliance! This has made me think not only about our nation and world, but also about my church. Well done!

Excellent insights and analysis.

About the author

Joshua Cooper Ramo is the author of the international bestseller The Age of the Unthinkable. He is co-chief executive officer and vice chairman of Kissinger Associates and a member of the board of directors of FedEx and Starbucks. His first book, No Visible Horizon, chronicled his experiences as a competitive aerobatic pilot.