The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society

By Peter F. Drucker

Book Overview

The closing decades of the twentieth century have been characterized as a period of disruption and discontinuity in which the structure and meaning of economy, polity, and society have been radically... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006BVZIE
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Haunting predictions from the late 1960's...

Drucker shares so much knowledge about the early to mid 20th century global economic situation. He predicts the coming era of information technology. He suggests our advanced economies must shift to depend on knowledge work rather than industrial might. He explains why barriers to trade must fall in order for the most productive companies/countries to thrive. The Government's role diminishes as multinational corporations grow. Isolationism and protectionism hurt an economy in the long run. There are great concepts explained in this book, but it is like drinking from a fire hose. I needed to go through it twice, and will probably make a third attempt in the next few years.

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Today when we almost fumble to keep ourselves running behind the rapid change this is something helpful.