Book Description:
For most Americans the future is a mystery, sometimes a frightening subject that one tends to avoid. Yet, there are many people who are looking towards the future, studying trends, so that they can predict what 1990 will bring. Business in 1990, an anthology, is a collection of prognosis of the commercial and industrial conditions of America, the world, and the near future. It tells how these conditions are expected to affect all of our lives. It tells of the responsibilities American Business, American Government, and the American Public must assume so that the future looks bright. If the future fulfills its potential, here are some of the possibilities: A 36 hour work week by 1990 is a definite possibility, without a cut in income. The median income of the U.S. will be dramatically higher than it is now, with the prognosis that over 85 of U.S. families will own their own homes. To reach the promised standard of living, fewer government restrictions will combine with increased technology to provide virtually free energy, as well as new, inexpensive building materials. Fewer government restrictions and increased technology will also combine to clean up the environment, to the satisfaction of both the environmentalists and industrialists. If the three entities Business, Government, and the Public can join hands in this cooperative effort, the America of the next decade will see more substantive social improvements than have taken place in the past five decades. Explore the future of America, but read it carefully; it is also a story about your future. Contributing authors are: Herman Kahn, Dr. Willis W. Harman, Roy Amara, Howard W. Johnson, Dr. Robert A. Charpie, Dr. George Kozmetsky, Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus, Max Ways, Carl Gerstacker, Robert V. Roosa, Thomas W. Benham, Arjay Miller, Henry G. Manne, Hazel Henderson, Michael Michaelis, Dr. Joseph L. Fisher, Dr. Simon Ramo, Nathaniel A. Owings, Berkeley G. Burrell, Einar O. Mohn, Douglas Soutar, Dr. Walter E. Hoadley, Dr. Weldon B. Gibson, Roy L. Ash, and Jean Frere.
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