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Back to the Future
The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Successby ross douthat avid, 272 pages, $27 When Boeing introduced its flagship 707 jet airliner in 1958, the power to...
Against Edenism
The future will look very different from the past. The Garden of Paradise will culminate in the City of God—“the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from...
Spending the Future
The Legitimacy of Philanthropic Foundations: United States and European Perspectives edited by kenneth prewitt et al. russell sage foundation, 294 pages, $45 The Foundation: A Great American Secret by...