The Long Boom: A Future History of the World, 1980-2020 - Couverture rigide

Schwartz, Peter; Leyden, Peter; Hyatt, Joel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0752820966 ISBN 13 : 9780752820965

Editeur : Orion Business (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1999

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

As we stand at the threshold of the new millennium, the future seems both exhilarating and terrifying. Does it hold great promise of freedom and opportunity or the threat of conflict and inequality? In the tradition of such influential and defining books as Future Shock and Megatrends , Peter Schwartz, Peter Leyden, and Joel Hyatt argue in The Long Boom that we are, in fact, on the verge of a global economic expansion on a scale never before experienced and that the choices we make as informed individuals, institutions, communities, and nations today will determine whether that vision is realized. Analyzing economic, political, technological and socio-cultural trends that began to converge in the early 1980s, the authors offer a compelling and highly plausible vision of how the next twenty years will unfold. By 2020, we can expect to experience tremendous advances in now-emerging technologies; widespread adoption of alternative energy sources; increased productivity; and, perhaps most important, the creation of a truly global economy. Going beyond a description of this scenario, the authors identify potential bumps in the road and urge educators, policy makers, business leaders, social activists, and individuals in all types of organizations to participate in the politics of the long boom,” the realm where people come together to pool resources and solve common problems. Grand in scope but intensely personal in scale, The Long Boom shows us all how to take an active role in creating a vibrant, diverse, constantly learning, and sustainable global society.

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Schwartz is co-founder and Chairman of the Global Business Network. Author of the international bestseller, The Art of the Long View, he lives in Berkeley, California.

Peter Leyden, former managing editor of Wired magazine and special correspondent in Asia for Newsweek, has written and spoken about technology, economics and politics since the mid-1980s. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Joel Hyatt teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford Business School and is Executive Managing Director of Idealab!, a leading incubator of Internet companies. He lives in Atherton, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orion Business (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752820966
• ISBN 13: 9780752820965
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible