Of course, I also disagree entirely with the notion of a nation state and the author's passionate defence of institutions like the European Commission, United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank etc did not convince me that the horrific bureaucracy is actually worth it. An interesting read nonetheless. Jan 09, Kim rated it liked it. Read the updated version and while, still sorely out of date a lot has happened in four years! Patten seems to speak quite knowledgeably and confidently on an array of topics - from climate change to terrorism to war and poverty.
For anyone wanting to know a little on a lot of topics when it comes to current events - I would recommend this book! Sep 17, Bjorn Hardarson rated it really liked it. Chris Patter writes this excellent book on the current condition and future of the world.
He addresses subject as energy, food, water, drug trafficking, epidemic diseases migration and climate change. Aug 15, Jake Jones rated it it was amazing.
A lot of information. I felt much more informed after reading this book, but maybe that's because I agreed with the majority of Patten's ideas.
A little less cheerful than Friedman's The World Is Flat and more laced in foreign policy than technology excerpts. In a word, Patten is a smart dude. Sep 06, Jeanie rated it really liked it. Really needed a realistic, yet non-doomsday prophetic view of politics and history. Chris Patten has definitely enabled me to relinquish all my former conspiratorial theories, and to accept and appreciate the complexity of power, money and political crises.
Feb 05, Jacques Meldrum rated it it was amazing. Eloquently written on the part of Patten, and a fantastic insight into a career of a truly courageous man. Nov 18, Geoff Peters rated it it was amazing. Well written, insightful, and intelligent. A magisterial worldview of the problems facing us in the coming century. Very readable. Costa Kazistov rated it it was amazing Dec 19, JerryNotts rated it really liked it Jul 15, Darren-lee rated it really liked it Sep 28, Dhruva rated it liked it Nov 08, Irwin See rated it really liked it Apr 10, Indie rated it really liked it Apr 29, Khadidja Tanko rated it it was amazing Jun 10, CJ rated it liked it Feb 04, April-Mary Ng rated it liked it Mar 12, Philip Larmett rated it really liked it Jun 14, Donald Scott rated it really liked it Aug 02, Laura Robson rated it liked it Nov 04, Claire Marie rated it really liked it Oct 05, Sirisha rated it liked it May 09, Nadine Majaro rated it liked it Jul 19, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one ». About Chris Patten. Digesting vast amounts of information from a multiplicity of sources, and drawing on his experience at the highest levels of national and international politics, Chris Patten analyses what we know in each of these areas and argues how in each of them we could get somewhere we might want to be.
Very little, he says, has turned out as we might have expected twenty years ago, but there is plenty we can still do. Readers of Patten's previous books will know what a penetrating analyst and engaging writer he is.
This is his most ambitious and impressive yet. Mon compte. Mon profil. Mes livres. Digesting vast amounts of information from a multiplicity of sources, and drawing on his experience at the highest levels of national and international politics, Chris Patten analyses what we know in each of these areas and argues how in each of them we could get somewhere we might want to be.
Very little, he says, has turned out as we might have expected twenty years ago, but there is plenty we can still do. Readers of Patten's previous books will know what a penetrating analyst and engaging writer he is.
This is his most ambitious and impressive yet Media What Next? What Next? Save Not today.
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