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Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century

by Alvin Toffler · 1990

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In Powershift, Alvin Toffler brings to a climax the ideas set forth in his previous works to offer a stunning vision of the future that will change your life.

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In Powershift,Toffler argues that while headlines focus on shifts of power at the global level, equally significant shifts are taking place in the everyday world we all inhabit - the world of supermarkets and hospitals, banks and business offices, television and telephones, politics and personal life. The very nature of power is changing under your eyes.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of thisbusinessbusinessMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thissciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
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technologytechnologyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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1940s1940sMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisfuturefutureMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 640 pages

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