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After an intense decade or two of unprecedented ?and amazingly fast ?earning, the new generation of super-rich is fueling a growing “culture of giving.? |
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When Ronald Reagan unveiled his vision for the Strategic Defense Initiative, often referred to in the press as the ¡°Star Wars Program,¡± the primary threat to national security came from the Soviet Union, and the technology for creating an effective anti-missile shield was decades away. |
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Just a few short years ago, before the dot-com crash, any Web site with lots of visitors was thought to be a money machine for advertisers. BlueMountain.com, a greeting card company with 11 million visitors a month, sold for $780 million, even though it had no revenues. But, shortly after the crash, you couldn¡¯t give those eyeballs away, and until recently the industry consensus was that there was little if any value in advertising on the Internet. |
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The United States Ha |
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To understand how momentous this trend is, we need to take a step back to get a better perspective. The primary mission of Trends is to prepare our subscribers to anticipate the threats and opportunities they¡¯ll face in the future. Most of these threats and opportunities occur at the intersection of three broad forces: demographics, technology, and values. |
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The On-Line Generati |
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It’s no secret that the Millennials ?the 70 million Americans born since 1982 ?are a powerful force in the economy. These young consumers have more disposable income than any previous generation in history. One of every three high-school seniors carries a credit card, and today’s teenagers and college students enjoy a combined spending power of $375 billion, according to data from Alloy Media and Marketing, as reported in BusinessWeek. |
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