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Defense issues at critical stage
Defense spending and, more important, the U.S. role in world affairs will be a big item on the agenda of the 102nd Congress, which convenes in January. The outcome is sure to have an important effect on business. Attention to defense spending is driven by two competing forces. On one side is a growing budget…
U.S. on the Edge of Telerevolution
The French call it telematique. We call it telecomputing or telematics. Whatever you call it, the marriage of computers and communications is changing the way we work, the way we live and the way we compete with others around the world. Throughout history, competitive advantage among cities and states has been shaped by technology and…
Changing society, economy forging U.S. perestroika
As Americans join the rest of the world in celebrating the historic political and economic changes sweeping the communist world, the United States is experiencing its own perestroika, a process of profound economic and social changes that we call the “new economy”. America’s new economy has many dimensions. One is demographic. The graying of America…