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- catalog abstract "If you're like most Americans, you're better off than you were five years ago. The statistics tell us that times are good: inflation is down; growth, productivity, and profits are up; free markets and technological advances are spreading around the world. But you're paying a high price for prosperity: more intense, pervasive economic uncertainty than Americans have suffered at any time in the past fifty years. It takes many forms: job insecurity, fears about retirement, Gyrating financial markets, and worries about new competitors and technologies that can wipe out industries overnight. If you suffer these anxieties, you're not alone. As Michael Mandel vividly shows, they are portents of a new economic era - the High-Risk Society. Prosperity and security no longer go hand in hand. Today, the very forces behind economic turbulence - including open markets, deregulation, business restructuring, and technological change - are also the. World's greatest engines of growth. As a result, success hinges on your willingness to embrace risk - in your career, in your investments, and in your business decisions - rather than flee it. What does the advent of the High-Risk Society mean for working people, business managers, entrepreneurs, investors? What kinds of risk-taking strategies will tomorrow's economy reward? And how should policymakers respond when the margin of security for every citizen is shrinking as. The social safety net becomes increasingly frayed? The High-Risk Society offers provocative answers to these questions and a defining portrait of the new economic era that will change the way you think about our world.".
- catalog contributor b9998535.
- catalog coverage "United States Economic conditions 1981-2001.".
- catalog coverage "United States Economic policy 1993-2001.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Gyrating financial markets, and worries about new competitors and technologies that can wipe out industries overnight. If you suffer these anxieties, you're not alone. As Michael Mandel vividly shows, they are portents of a new economic era - the High-Risk Society. Prosperity and security no longer go hand in hand. Today, the very forces behind economic turbulence - including open markets, deregulation, business restructuring, and technological change - are also the.".
- catalog description "If you're like most Americans, you're better off than you were five years ago. The statistics tell us that times are good: inflation is down; growth, productivity, and profits are up; free markets and technological advances are spreading around the world. But you're paying a high price for prosperity: more intense, pervasive economic uncertainty than Americans have suffered at any time in the past fifty years. It takes many forms: job insecurity, fears about retirement,".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The social safety net becomes increasingly frayed? The High-Risk Society offers provocative answers to these questions and a defining portrait of the new economic era that will change the way you think about our world.".
- catalog description "World's greatest engines of growth. As a result, success hinges on your willingness to embrace risk - in your career, in your investments, and in your business decisions - rather than flee it. What does the advent of the High-Risk Society mean for working people, business managers, entrepreneurs, investors? What kinds of risk-taking strategies will tomorrow's economy reward? And how should policymakers respond when the margin of security for every citizen is shrinking as.".
- catalog extent "ix, 227 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "High-risk society.".
- catalog identifier "0812926374".
- catalog isFormatOf "High-risk society.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Times Business,".
- catalog relation "High-risk society.".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic conditions 1981-2001.".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic policy 1993-2001.".
- catalog subject "338.973 20".
- catalog subject "HC106.82 .M36 1996".
- catalog subject "Uncertainty.".
- catalog title "The high-risk society : peril and promise in the new economy / Michael J. Mandel.".
- catalog type "text".