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Michael E. Porter, Professor, Harvard Business School The Long Boom is not only a perceptive commentary on the economic changes of the past two decades, but distils the essential elements needed for sustained global prosperity. The book will help us all interpret the significance of unfolding events and chart a course for policy makers. It is scenario planning at its best - revealing, holistic and provocative. Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs The Long Boom provides a compelling and optimistic vision of the world's future. It is a brilliant and fresh commentary on the prosperous future that is ours to shape as we enter the new millennium.

An optimistic and inspiring vision of the future growth of the world economy from renowned futurist Peter Schwartz. The authors claim that we have entered a period of sustained growth that could eventually double the world's economy every dozen years and bring increasing prosperity for billions of people. The book is based on the technique of scenario planning. (Kirkus UK)

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Peter Schwartz is the co-founder and chair of the influential international think-tank Global Business Network which specialises in corporate scenario planning for Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies in London. Peter Leyden is the former managing editor of Wired magazine and has written widely on technology and economic change for a number of other publications, including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Guardian. Joel Hyatt teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

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