America Beyond 2001
America Beyond 2001 | The Global Economy Is Real
We are in the middle of change that is revolutionary. And if there is a revolution going on out there in the way business is done and economies are developed, then it suggests that a revolution had better be going on here, as well!
The end of the Industrial Revolution came approximately January 17, 1992. On that day the stock market value of software superstar Microsoft, then tallying $2 billion in annual turnover, shot past that of General Motors, with $124 billion in annual turnover. A New York Times writer declared at about the same time that “Microsoft’s only...
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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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