Gerhard Hirschfeld was born in Berlin, Germany. After World War I he went to South America, there combining work in the export business with a study of the cultures of the native peoples. He published many articles, papers, and monographs, and is the author of An Essay on Mankind. Kenneth E. Boulding (1910-1993) was president of many scholarly associations including the American Economic Association, the Society for General Systems Research, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He authored numerous books including Towards a New Economics: Critical Essays on Ecology, Distribution, and Other Themes, Three Faces of Power and The World as a Total System.

• One: The People as Creators of Opportunity; Two: The People as Instruments of Exploitation; Three: The People in the Future; Four: Leadership Classes as Exploiters of Opportunity; Five: Forms and Phases of Opportunity; Six: The Leadership Class as the Result of Selection; Seven: Is the Future Likely to Change the Principles of Exploitation?; Eight: The Middle Class; Nine: The Middle Class in America; Ten: The Middle Class-Principles of Function; Eleven: Lessons of the Past; Twelve: The Leadership of Mankind

Gerhard Hirschfeld was born in Berlin, Germany. After World War I he went to South America, there combining work in the export business with a study of the cultures of the native peoples. He published many articles, papers, and monographs, and is the author of An Essay on Mankind. Kenneth E. Boulding (1910-1993) was president of many scholarly associations including the American Economic Association, the Society for General Systems Research, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He authored numerous books including Towards a New Economics: Critical Essays on Ecology, Distribution, and Other Themes, Three Faces of Power and The World as a Total System.

• One: The People as Creators of Opportunity; Two: The People as Instruments of Exploitation; Three: The People in the Future; Four: Leadership Classes as Exploiters of Opportunity; Five: Forms and Phases of Opportunity; Six: The Leadership Class as the Result of Selection; Seven: Is the Future Likely to Change the Principles of Exploitation?; Eight: The Middle Class; Nine: The Middle Class in America; Ten: The Middle Class-Principles of Function; Eleven: Lessons of the Past; Twelve: The Leadership of Mankind

Gerhard Hirschfeld was born in Berlin, Germany. After World War I he went to South America, there combining work in the export business with a study of the cultures of the native peoples. He published many articles, papers, and monographs, and is the author of An Essay on Mankind. Kenneth E. Boulding (1910-1993) was president of many scholarly associations including the American Economic Association, the Society for General Systems Research, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He authored numerous books including Towards a New Economics: Critical Essays on Ecology, Distribution, and Other Themes, Three Faces of Power and The World as a Total System.

• One: The People as Creators of Opportunity; Two: The People as Instruments of Exploitation; Three: The People in the Future; Four: Leadership Classes as Exploiters of Opportunity; Five: Forms and Phases of Opportunity; Six: The Leadership Class as the Result of Selection; Seven: Is the Future Likely to Change the Principles of Exploitation?; Eight: The Middle Class; Nine: The Middle Class in America; Ten: The Middle Class-Principles of Function; Eleven: Lessons of the Past; Twelve: The Leadership of Mankind