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- catalog abstract ""The dizzying exuberance of the Internet-driven marketplace offers unprecedented opportunities and an ever-expanding choice of deals, products, investments, and jobs - ranging from the merely attractive to the nearly irresistible - for the people with the right talents and skills. The technology that is the motor of this transformation relentlessly sharpens competition. When consumers can shift allegiance with the click of a mouse, sellers must make constant improvements by cutting costs, adding value, and creating new products. This is a boon to us as consumers, but it's wreaking havoc in the rest of our lives." "Reich demonstrates that the faster the economy changes - with new innovations and opportunities engendering faster switches by customers and investors in response - the harder it is for people to be confident of what they will be earning next year or even next month, what they will be doing, where they will be doing it. In short, those fabulous new deals of the fabulous new economy carry a steep price: more frenzied lives, less security, more economic and social stratification, the loss of time and energy for family, friendship, community, and self." "With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, and using examples from everyday life, Reich delineates what success is coming to mean in our time - the pitfalls and downturns hidden in the apparent advantages and advances - and suggests how we might create a more balanced society and more satisfying lives. The trends he discusses are powerful indeed, but they are not irreversible, or at least not unalterable." "The Future of Success is a stunning, timely book, certain to galvanize the nation's attention and transform the way we look at our future."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11961570.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The dizzying exuberance of the Internet-driven marketplace offers unprecedented opportunities and an ever-expanding choice of deals, products, investments, and jobs - ranging from the merely attractive to the nearly irresistible - for the people with the right talents and skills. The technology that is the motor of this transformation relentlessly sharpens competition. When consumers can shift allegiance with the click of a mouse, sellers must make constant improvements by cutting costs, adding value, and creating new products. This is a boon to us as consumers, but it's wreaking havoc in the rest of our lives." "Reich demonstrates that the faster the economy changes - with new innovations and opportunities engendering faster switches by customers and investors in response - the harder it is for people to be confident of what they will be earning next year or even next month, what they will be doing, where they will be doing it. In short, those fabulous new deals of the fabulous new economy carry a steep price: more frenzied lives, less security, more economic and social stratification, the loss of time and energy for family, friendship, community, and self." "With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, and using examples from everyday life, Reich delineates what success is coming to mean in our time - the pitfalls and downturns hidden in the apparent advantages and advances - and suggests how we might create a more balanced society and more satisfying lives. The trends he discusses are powerful indeed, but they are not irreversible, or at least not unalterable." "The Future of Success is a stunning, timely book, certain to galvanize the nation's attention and transform the way we look at our future."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-274) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. The new work : The age of the terrific deal ; The spirit of innovation ; Of geeks and shrinks ; The obsolescence of loyalty ; The end of employment as we knew it -- pt. 2. The new life : The lure of hard work ; The sale of the self ; The incredible shrinking family ; Paying for attention ; The community as commodity -- pt. 3. Choices : Personal choice ; Public choice.".
- catalog extent "289 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0375411127 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : A. Knopf,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.3/61 21".
- catalog subject "HD8072.5 .R45 2001".
- catalog subject "Information society United States.".
- catalog subject "Quality of work life United States.".
- catalog subject "Work and family United States.".
- catalog subject "Work.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. The new work : The age of the terrific deal ; The spirit of innovation ; Of geeks and shrinks ; The obsolescence of loyalty ; The end of employment as we knew it -- pt. 2. The new life : The lure of hard work ; The sale of the self ; The incredible shrinking family ; Paying for attention ; The community as commodity -- pt. 3. Choices : Personal choice ; Public choice.".
- catalog title "The future of success / Robert B. Reich.".
- catalog type "text".