America Beyond 2001
America Beyond 2001 | Chapter 3 Preface
During the early 1990s, up to two-thirds of Americans indicated through opinion polls that America is “on the wrong track.” Many questioned whether the American dream of each generation’s living better than the previous one could continue. Indeed, this dream is being sorely tested by such factors as a declining standard of living, corporate downsizing, global competition, and anxiety over the funding of such entitlements as Social Security and Medicare.
Surveying public attitudes about the future, researchers James Patterson and Peter Kim, authors of The Day America Told...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Technology Will Strengthen the Traditional Family
- The Traditional Family Will Be Less Prevalent
- A Vision of Revitalized Education
- A Vision of Declining Education
- Immigrants Will Strengthen America’s Future
- Immigrants Will Weaken America’s Future
- The Aging of America: Alternative Visions
- Ethics for the Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The Global Economy Is Real
- The Global Economy Is Largely Myth
- America Needs an Industrial Policy
- America Does Not Need an Industrial Policy
- America’s Economy May Become Intensely Regulated
- Economic Scenarios: From Boom to Collapse
- Entitlement Programs Are Sustainable
- Entitlement Programs Are Not Sustainable
- Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 Preface
- Technology Can Secure America’s Future
- Technology Can Be Damaging
- Information Technology Is Revolutionary
- Information Technology Is Not Revolutionary
- Technology Rapidly Changes Society
- Technology Slowly Changes Society
- Information Technology Workers, 2010
- Information Technology Criminals, 2010
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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