Leadbeater, Charles. <br/><br/>
Up the down escalator :  why the global pessimists are wrong / 
Charles Leadbeater. 
 - London :  Penguin Books,  2002. 
 - xxx, 370 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0141010029 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Globalization.<br/>Democratization.<br/>Civilization, Modern--21st century.<br/>Economic development--Social aspects.<br/>Technology--Social aspects.<br/>Twenty-first century--Forecasts.<br/>Social prediction.