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When wise words are not enough

Thomas Homer-Dixon
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Thomas Homer-Dixon: Thomas Homer-Dixon is at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6C2, Canada, and author of The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilisation. tad@homerdixon.com

Nature, 2009, vol. 458, issue 7236, 284-285

Abstract: Thomas Homer-Dixon argues that opinion-makers must demonstrate a better grasp of how societies rise and fall if they are to steer nations successfully through many of this century's major crises.

Date: 2009
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