The Creative Society: How the Future Can Be Won
- 9h 37m
- Lars Tvede
- LID Publishing
- 2015
Human creativity has been one of the fundamental drivers of civilization and progress solving immense problems, creating opportunities and overcoming enemies like no other force. Often it has baffled its skeptics by finding new and better resources, unexpected environmental technologies and genuinely amazing products that no one had predicted. However, like so many before it, Western civilization is now suffering from serious internal decay with its bloated public sectors, punitive taxes, over-regulation, marginalized citizens, stagnation, debt, unemployment and pessimism. This important and fascinating book explains why internal decay is normal. But it also shows how and why solutions can be found by countries and companies enabling more creativity and adaptability than ever before. It s through the power of creativity that society and business can overcome the challenges and crises of today.
About the Author
Lars Tvede (www.larstvede.com) holds a Master's degree in Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in International Commerce, and he is a certified derivatives trader from National Futures Association in Chicago. Lars Tvede´s books have been published in 11 languages and more than 50 editions.
Lars spent 11 years in portfolio management and investment banking before moving to the high-tech and telecommunications industries in the mid 1990s, where he has been co-founder of several technology companies, which have won several international awards, including the Red Herring Global 100 award, the Bully Award and Wall Street Europe Innovation Award. He is also founder of Beluga, a successful financial trading company.
In this Book
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Introduction—Creativity, Seen from Space
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When Creativity Began
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The Taming of Life
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The Dynamics of Ideas
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The First Civilizations
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Europe's Remarkable Re-Boot
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The Great Take-off
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The Question of the Creative Core
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How Creativity Ceases
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Why Only the West?
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How We Learned to Co-Operate
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Creativity and Culture
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Won't the Ideas Soon Run out?
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Are Free Markets Self-Defeating?
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Are We Draining the World's Last Resources?
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Does Growth Destroy the Environment?
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The Legal Tangle
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The Public Productivity Problem
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Over-Taxation and Public Borrowing
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The Donation Delusions
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Neo-Luddites and Panic Mongers
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Eco-Fascists and Pseudo-Scientists
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Babblers, Cynics, Charlatans
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Utopians and Social Engineers
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The 12 Threats to Creativity
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The Creative State
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The Possible World
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