''The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress'' is a 1998 book by
Virginia Postrel
Virginia Inman Postrel (born January 14, 1960) is an American political and cultural writer of broadly libertarian, or classical liberal, views. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize (2011).
Early life and education
Virginia Inman was born ...
where she describes the growing conflict in post-
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
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.
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Reviews
Richard Ebeling
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Richard M. Ebeling (; born January 30, 1950) is an American libertarian author who was the president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) from 2003 to 2008. Ebeling is currently the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and F ...
wrote a positive review for the Future of Freedom Foundation in May 1999. He remarked,
Dr. Edward Younkins, a professor at
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling University (WU, formerly Wheeling Jesuit University) is a private Roman Catholic university in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was founded as Wheeling College in 1954 by the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits) and was a Jesuit inst ...
, wrote for the journal ''Free Life'' praising the book as a "brilliant, bold, and compelling new work". He also referred to it as "a must-read for anyone interested in commerce, technology, public policy, and the search for truth in a dynamic world."
[Younkins, Edward ]
The Future and Its Enemies, by Virginia Postrel
Free Life, July 1999
See also
* ''
An Army of Davids''
* ''
The Global Trap
''Die Globalisierungsfalle: Der Angriff auf Demokratie und Wohlstand'' is a 1996 in literature, 1996 non-fiction book by Hans-Peter Martin (born 1957 in Bregenz, Austria), and Harald Schumann (born 1957 in Kassel, Germany), that describes possibl ...
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Endnotes
External links
''The Future and Its Enemies''at Virginia Postrel's website, Dynamist.com
Debate on ''The Future and Its Enemies'' between Postrel and David Frum, November 16, 1998
C-SPAN
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''Booknotes'' interview with Postrel on ''The Future and Its Enemies'', February 14, 1999
C-SPAN
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1998 non-fiction books
Libertarian books
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