As the twenty-first century looms ahead, it is becoming increasingly clear that economic life will be different on the other side of the millennium. In Twenty-First Century Economics, the editors have assembled a group of leading economists and scholars to provide authoritative analyses of the powerful forces now shaping economic systems and to estimate where these trends are headed. The essays compare the Information Revolution of today to the Industrial Revolution of yesterday and show how, for the first time in history, economic affairs are being organized around the pursuit of knowledge.
As an aerospace engineer on Apollo, an Air Force officer, a Silicon Valley manager, professor of technology & innovation, and president of TechCast, I have always been fascinated with the revolutionary power of technological change driving us into a high-tech global order. My work is devoted to helping all of us -- especially leaders in business and government -- figure out where this profound transition is heading, what it all means, and how we can get there. Bill Halal.
