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The Age of Discontinuity by Peter F. Drucker — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Age of Discontinuity

by Peter F. Drucker

Drucker in 1969 names the knowledge economy, the global economy and the entrepreneurial society before anyone else. Historical and still sharp.

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  1. Discontinuities, not trends, shape the future.
  2. Knowledge becomes capital.
  3. Privatization, his coinage.

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