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We are watching the beginnings of a global economic boom on scale never experienced before, according to the authors of this text. We have entered a period of sustained growth that could eventually double teh worl's economy every dozen years and bring increasing prosperity for billions of people. We are riding the early waves of a 40-year cycle of a greatly expanding economy that will do much to solve seemingly intractable problems like poverty and to ease tension throughout the world. And we will do it without blowing the lid off the environment.
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Thanks to various technological, fiscal, and political revolutions that have reshaped our world over the past two decades, some observers believe, the new millennium will offer opportunities for economic expansion that rival any previously recorded. The Long Boom is a fascinating attempt to pin down this potential upsurge by combining a shrewd examination of where we've been headed for the last 20 years with a plausible forecast of where--with a bit of good fortune and tenacity--we might be going during the next 20. Moreover, its unique mixture of germane facts and figures with supportable projections and original storytelling techniques (most notably a letter to friends sent once a decade by a fictional observer born in 1960) make it as readable as it is provocative.
Originating as an article in Wired magazine, the optimistic scenario envisioned by authors Peter Schwartz (chairman of a combination think tank and consulting firm), Peter Leyden (a technology, economics, and political journalist), and Joel Hyatt (a Stanford entrepreneurship professor who cofounded the legal-services firm bearing his name) integrates existing and potential technological advancements, financial developments, political upheavals, and social movements. Among its predictions are a formulation of a "glass pipeline" that seamlessly tracks manufacturing and production processes, creation of a volunteer Global Corps to aid developing nations, the dawning of a true Space Age, and the birth of a unified worldwide society with "well-off people who share certain values that are transcending borders." The account is highly recommended to everyone concerned with, yet hopeful about, the future. --Howard Rothman
About the Author
Peter Schwartz is the co-founder and chair of the influential international think-tank Global Business Network which specialises in corporate scenario planning for Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies in London. Peter Leyden is the former managing editor of Wired magazine and has written widely on technology and economic change for a number of other publications, including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Guardian. Joel Hyatt teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
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- PublisherOrion Business (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0752820966
- ISBN 13 9780752820965
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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The Long Boom: A Future History of the World, 1980-2020
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The Long Boom - A Vision for the Coming Age of Prosperity
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First UK edition. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a little creasing to the top of some pages. Dustjacket is complete and also near Fine. Schwartz is an internatonally renowned futurist and business strategist, co-founder and chairman of Global Business Network, an international thinktank and consultancy, Leyden has written and spoken widely on technology and economic change and Hyatt teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. We are in the midst of a 40 year millennial transition, a period that began around 1980, we are on the front lip of a world wide economic boom - the long boom. For two major forces, fundamental technological change and a new ethos of openness are driving through our era, five waves of technology - computers, telecommunications, biotechnology, nanotechnology and alternative energy - are likely to bring big productivity increases that will lead to high rates of economic growth, in balance with nature. NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY 3 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 003458
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