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The Emerging Tri-Pol |
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Consider the big picture, as we…ve laid it out in previous issues of Trends:
꼑 The population of the developed world is rapidly aging.
꼑 The United States is the only advanced nation where the workforce is forecasted to grow over the next 50 years.
꼑 The populations of the EU and Japan are actually expected to shrink over that time period.
꼑 Even China is rapidly aging and the size of its workforce will peak around 2025.
꼑 At the same time, Latin America, India, the Middle East, and Africa all have young, rapidly growing populations of under-utilized workers and under-served consumers. |
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The New Gold Standar |
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| Joseph A. Michelli |
ǻ | McGraw-Hill |
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China"s Trouble |
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Anyone who goes to visit China today sees the progress that has made headlines. |
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Oil Prices Are Poise |
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As explained in the June 2006 Trends issue, the price of oil is not up because the world is running out of oil. |
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Digital Books Start |
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Since at least the 1960s and possibly earlier, we’ve been hearing predictions about the demise of paper. Xerox famously, and disastrously, attempted to create the “paperless office” in the 1970s. If anything, we use more paper now than ever, owing to the ease of running off copies with laser printers and copiers. |
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