Plunkett, Jack W. <br/><br/>
The next boom :  what you absolutely, positively have to know about the world between now and 2025 / 
Jack W. Plunkett. 
 - Houston, Tex. :  BizExecs Press,  c2010. 
 - 274 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- 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. 
<br/><br/> Plunkett 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781608799992 1608799999 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011280025 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business planning.<br/>Business forecasting.<br/>Technological innovations--Forecasting.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD30.28  / .P58 2010