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100	1		_aPlunkett, Jack W.
245	1	4	_aThe next boom : _bwhat you absolutely, positively have to know about the world between now and 2025 / _cJack W. Plunkett.
260			_aHouston, Tex. : _bBizExecs Press, _cc2010.
300			_a274 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- People. Newly born Americans, aging baby boomers and why America's soaring population is a huge advantage ; Consumers and customers; savers and spenders: what they want and how they are changing the world around you -- Places. Global trade 2.0 and the phone ladies of Bangladesh ; The global middle class and their growing mountain of money: fuel for the boom -- Things. Competition, innovation and entrepreneurship: how we're going to solve the world's biggest problems and create vast wealth in the process ; Always on, always with you and always getting smaller (or: Better, faster, smaller, cheaper) ; Energy: why things are a lot better than you might think ; Adventures in health care: $175,000 worth of proton beams and Dr. Shetty's $2,000 heart surgery -- Change. Education, generations and change -- Epilogue. 2026.
520			_aPlunkett demonstrates that we are on the verge of a period of major economic growth, and presents a panorama of carefully documented developments in areas including energy, health care, education, demographics, global trade, evolving consumer habits, technologies and the rapidly-growing global middle class.
650		0	_aBusiness planning.
650		0	_aBusiness forecasting.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xForecasting.
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