Ian Goldin is Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford. He was Vice President of the World Bank and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and also served as an advisor to President Nelson Mandela. He has been knighted by the French government and is an acclaimed author of 20 books.Chris Kutarna is a two-time Governor General’s Medallist, a Sauvé Fellow and Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School with a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford. A former consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, then entrepreneur, Chris lived in China for several years, speaks Mandarin, and remains a regular op-ed contributor to one of China's top-ranked news magazines. He resides in Oxford, Beijing and Regina.

• 1. What’s Past is ProloguePart I: The Facts of a Renaissance Age2. The New World3. New Tangles4. Vitruvian ManPart II: Flourishing Genius5. Copernican Revolutions6. Cathedrals, Believers and DoubtPart III: Flourishing Risk7. The Pox is Spreading, Venice is Sinking8. Bonfires and BelongingPart IV: The Contest for our Future9. David

A landmark new book.

Ian Goldin is Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford. He was Vice President of the World Bank and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and also served as an advisor to President Nelson Mandela. He has been knighted by the French government and is an acclaimed author of 20 books.Chris Kutarna is a two-time Governor General’s Medallist, a Sauvé Fellow and Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School with a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford. A former consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, then entrepreneur, Chris lived in China for several years, speaks Mandarin, and remains a regular op-ed contributor to one of China's top-ranked news magazines. He resides in Oxford, Beijing and Regina.

• 1. What’s Past is ProloguePart I: The Facts of a Renaissance Age2. The New World3. New Tangles4. Vitruvian ManPart II: Flourishing Genius5. Copernican Revolutions6. Cathedrals, Believers and DoubtPart III: Flourishing Risk7. The Pox is Spreading, Venice is Sinking8. Bonfires and BelongingPart IV: The Contest for our Future9. David

A landmark new book.

Ian Goldin is Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford. He was Vice President of the World Bank and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and also served as an advisor to President Nelson Mandela. He has been knighted by the French government and is an acclaimed author of 20 books.Chris Kutarna is a two-time Governor General’s Medallist, a Sauvé Fellow and Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School with a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford. A former consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, then entrepreneur, Chris lived in China for several years, speaks Mandarin, and remains a regular op-ed contributor to one of China's top-ranked news magazines. He resides in Oxford, Beijing and Regina.

• 1. What’s Past is ProloguePart I: The Facts of a Renaissance Age2. The New World3. New Tangles4. Vitruvian ManPart II: Flourishing Genius5. Copernican Revolutions6. Cathedrals, Believers and DoubtPart III: Flourishing Risk7. The Pox is Spreading, Venice is Sinking8. Bonfires and BelongingPart IV: The Contest for our Future9. David

A landmark new book.