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Author:

Thurow, Lester C.

Title:

The future of capitalism : how today's economic forces shape tomorrow's world / Lester C. Thurow.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W. Morrow,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

x, 385 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Economic forecasting.
Capitalism--Forecasting.
Technological innovations--Forecasting.--Forecasting.
Skilled labor--Forecasting.
International economic relations--Forecasting.
United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.
Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
Capitalismo--Pronósticos
Innovaciones técnicas--Pronósticos--Pronósticos
Trabajo calificado--Pronósticos
Relaciones económicas internacionales--Pronósticos
Siglo XXI--Pronósticos
EE.UU.--Condiciones económicas--1993
Kapitalisme.
Internationale economische betrekkingen.
Prognoses.
Prévision économique.
Capitalisme--Prévision.
Innovations--Prévision.--Prévision.
Ouvriers qualifiés--Prévision.
Relations économiques internationales--Prévision.
Vingt et unième siècle--Prévisions.
États-Unis--Conditions économiques--1981-2001.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-369) and index.

Contents:

Ch. 1. New Game, New Rules, New Strategies -- Ch. 2. Mapping the Economic Surface of the Earth -- Ch. 3. Plate One: The End of Communism -- Ch. 4. Plate Two: An Era of Man-made Brainpower Industries -- Ch. 5. Plate Three: Demography - Growing, Moving, Getting Older -- Ch. 6. Plate Four: A Global Economy -- Ch. 7. Plate Five: A Multipolar World with No Dominant Power -- Ch. 8. The Forces Remaking the Economic Surface of the Earth -- Ch. 9. Inflation: An Extinct Volcano -- Ch. 10. Japan: The Major Fault Line Across World Trade and the Pacific Rim -- Ch. 11. Economic Instability -- Ch. 12. Social Volcanoes: Religious Fundamentalism and Ethnic Separatism -- Ch. 13. Democracy Versus the Market -- Ch. 14. A Period of Punctuated Equilibrium -- Ch. 15. Operating in a Period of Punctuated Equilibrium.

ISBN:

9780688129699 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0688129692 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)33408214

LCCN:

95042443

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

V3AX572 -- Kaplan University Library - Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville) — 330.122 T542

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DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

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