America Beyond 2001
America Beyond 2001 | The Global Economy Is Largely Myth
By the shores of Flathead Lake, Lester Thurow—economist, MIT professor, and Montana native—sat down and explained, in a video made a while back for the Missoula Economic Development Corp., why Montana is a great place to do business. Many reasons, probably, you could guess yourself. But not this: Montana is part of the Pacific Rim. How? It’s connected to that economy by airplane and modem. You’d be making a mistake to think of Montana as just, well, Montana—146,000 square miles of grain, sheep, mines, and an occasional espresso bar—when in fact it is Montana—anteroom...
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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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