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This article tests whether the field of foresight and futures studies shows significant variable selection biases in the modelling of the future in general and the impact of function systems in particular.
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The article • Demonstrates that present visions of futures are predominantly visions of political economies, and how to change this. • Suggests that solutions to future political and economic key problems might also be in the so-far neglected further function systems. • Proposes a new systematic set of key variables for consideration and inclusion in models and simulations of futures.
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This page is a summary of: Is the future a political economy? Functional analysis of three leading foresight and futures studies journals, Futures, October 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2015.10.002.
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