Prosperity : the coming twenty-year boom and what it means to you / Bob Davis and David Wessel.

Author/creator Davis, Bob, 1951-
Other author Wessel, David.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Times Business, ©1998.
Descriptionviii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Broadly shared prosperity: why the middle class will do better in the decades ahead -- Looking back to look ahead: lessons from the beginning of the twentieth century -- Plugged in: what the evolution of electricity says about the computer age -- "People's college": how high schools made broadly shared prosperity possible -- Golden age: the rise of the American middle class, 1950-1973 -- Age of anxiety: a disappointing quarter-century for the middle class, 1973-1996 -- Computer paradox: why computers haven't paid off yet -- Forward to the future: why computers finally will power faster economic growth -- Secret: no bosses: how reorganizing the workplace will boost productivity -- Alan Greenspan, optimist at the top: why the Fed won't be an obstacle to faster growth -- Dream catchers: how community colleges will foster prosperity and equality -- Making it simple: how technology will make life better for less skilled workers -- Balance of trade: how foreign trade and investment will benefit the American middle class -- Imports; the consumer's friend: how consumers will gain from imports -- Prospering together: why Americans and third-world workers will prosper together -- End of work? where the jobs of the future will come from -- What's to be done: how to ensure broadly shared prosperity.
Local noteLittle-314248--305131019507Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-298) and index.
LCCN 97044858
ISBN0812928199 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HC106.82 .D38 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold