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The Future and Its Enemies

The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress is a 1998 book by Virginia Postrel where she describes the growing conflict in post-Cold War society between "dynamism" – marked by constant change, creativity and exploration in the pursuit of progress – and "stasism", where progress is controlled by careful and cautious planning. Postrel endorses the former, illustrates the differences between the two, and argues that dynamism should be embraced rather than feared.

Author

English

1998 Free Press

United States

Print (Paperback and Hardcover)

265

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An Army of Davids

The Global Trap

at Virginia Postrel's website, Dynamist.com

The Future and Its Enemies

PBS Newshour story

C-SPAN

Debate on The Future and Its Enemies between Postrel and David Frum, November 16, 1998

C-SPAN

Booknotes interview with Postrel on The Future and Its Enemies, February 14, 1999

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