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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.
Read it if…
you want to see how far ahead Drucker was.
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Skip it if…
you want current data.
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Three things you will actually use
- Discontinuities, not trends, shape the future.
- Knowledge becomes capital.
- Privatization, his coinage.
Do this first
Read the section on the knowledge society.
Our verdict
Drucker, 1969.
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