Quest for Economic Utopia

Quest for Economic Utopia S R Sen In 1976 the noted futurologist, Herman Kahn, published his impressive research study, The Next 200 Years. Progress in the fields of science and technology during the short period of 16 years since Kahn wrote tends to show that his forecasts of the advent of the super-industrial society may not be far off the mark from a purely technological standpoint. But whether some basic economic, social and political factors will not stand in the way still remains an important moot point.