Issue 8

Summer 2015

4 articles · 73 min total reading time
Natural Resources

Establishing A Price Floor For Energy

Capitalism is a wonderful system for providing pricing signals to businesses to produce more or less of a particular product. If demand for the new iPad mini is strong, Apple will…

9 min read 2 charts Audio
Society

Clash Of Titans: How The Warrior Ethos And Judeo-Christian Monotheism Shaped The Soul Of The West

The history of Western civilization is often told as a grand narrative of progress, a triumphant march from ancient wisdom to modern enlightenment. But beneath this conventional st…

51 min read Audio
Global Balance of Power

Why China Could Invade Taiwan – And Get Away With It

The story of how the Republic of China became Taiwan and its relationship with mainland China is fascinating. How many people in the West know that Taiwan was once a Dutch colony a…

6 min read 3 charts Audio
Natural Resources

Dealing With The Consequences Of Climate Change Inaction: The Impact Of Food

In a previous article History Future Now admitted defeat: climate change is happening and there is no viable political solution which will enable us to stop it from getting worse.…

7 min read 5 charts Audio
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By Tristan Fischer. A lifelong fascination with history, science, and technology led to a simple observation: the deeper you understand how the past unfolded, the more clearly you can see the future. These essays trace historical patterns and technological trajectories to work out what comes next.

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