The Long Boom - A Vision for the Coming Age of Prosperity

Schwartz, Peter and Leyden, Peter and Hyatt, Joel

ISBN 10: 0752820966 / ISBN 13: 9780752820965

Edité par Orion Business Books, London, 2000

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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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Long Boom - A Vision for the Coming Age of Prosperity
• Éditeur: Orion Business Books, London
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0752820966
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780752820965
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Business / Management

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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.

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.