Amazon.com description: Product Description: Britain's leading guru looks to the future. Charles handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His books on management - including understanding organizations and gods of management - have changed the way we view business. His work on broader issues and trends - such as beyond certainty - has changed the way we view society. In the second curve, handy builds on a life's work to glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. He looks at current trends in capitalism and asks whether it is a sustainable system. He explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential. He even asks whether we should rethink our roles in life - as students, parents, workers and voters - and what the aims of an ideal society of the future should be. Provocative and thoughtful as ever, he sets out the questions we all need to ask ourselves - and points us in the direction of some of the answers.