The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It - Softcover

"Ramo pushes the reader into uncomfortable yet exhilarating places with controversial ways of thinking about global challenges...Persuasively argued...Ramo's revelatory work argues that there must be some audacity in thinking before there can be any audacity of hope."--Publishers Weekly

"[Ramo's] provocative new book...does a nimble job of showing how such theories shed light on the current political and economic climate while avoiding the worst pitfalls...[he] has managed, in this stimulating volume, to make the reader seriously contemplate the alarming nature of a rapidly changing world."--Michiko Kukatani, New York Times

"A great read, a wondrous and unexpected journey through a world that keeps getting more complicated. Joshua Cooper Ramo has a brilliant mind and a beautiful pen, and both are evident in this stimulating book."--Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World

"Thought-provoking...highly recommended for anyone who runs a business, is involved in international relations, or cares about our collective future."--Boston Globe

Drawing upon history, economics, network theory and his own experience, the author argues that we should stop believing that democracy and globalization will solve every problem and should instead embrace the world's unpredictability, in a book that offers the best hope for survival. Reprint. A best-selling book.