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| The World in 2050The articles in this special issue of RPR are quite interesting, but doubly so because one can almost guarantee that their authors will be around in 2050 and we hope that they will follow up on their prognostications and concerns in that far time. The reason we predict that they will be around and about is not that they are all possessed of some magic elixir, but rather than they are the young members of a new policy phenomenon called the Roosevelt Institution on university campuses, a policy organization for students. When this remarkable movement came to our attention, we hastened to contact them. The Policy Studies Organization has offered to help, and this collection of essays is an installment on the offer. We have also asked them to think about panels for some meetings, about our book series, and about other ways we can cooperate. Frankly, the whole idea of a policy studies network among students took us by surprise, but we immensely like the idea. Reflecting, there is certainly good reason why students should be interested in the policy process and very good reason why we ought to listen to them After all, the statistical odds of many of us being around to contradict them in fifty years are low, and so they are going to have the last word. A hearty welcome to the Roosevelt Institution, an idea whose time has come. Paul Rich, President, Policy Studies Organization
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