2030 : how today's biggest trends will collide and reshape the future of everything / Mauro F. Guillén.
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Some facts and figures --
Introduction: The clock is ticking --
Follow the babies: population drought, the African baby boom, and the next industrial revolution --
Gray is the new black: tech-savvy senior citizens, postponing retirement, and rethinking "old" and "young" --
Keeping up with the Singhs and the Wangs: the old middle class, the new middle class, and the battle for attention --
Second sex no more?: the new millionaires, entrepreneurs, and leaders of tomorrow --
Cities drown first: global warming, hipsters, and the mundanity of survival --
More cellphones than toilets: reinventing the wheel, the new Cambrian explosion, and the future of technology --
Image no possessions: riding waves, network effects, and the power of 8.5 billion connections --
More currencies than countries: printing your own money, the blockchain, and the end of modern banking --
Conclusion: Lateral tips and tricks to survive 2030 --
Postscript: How a disruptive event like Covid-19 impacts the trends discussed in 2030.
""Bold, provocative...illuminates why we're having fewer babies, the middle class is stagnating, unemployment is shifting, and new powers are rising." - Adam Grant The world you know is about to end-will you be prepared for what comes next? A groundbreaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends. Once upon a time, the world was neatly divided into prosperous and backward economies. Babies
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