| Foreword | |
| Introduction | |
| Contributors | |
| Coping with the Disintegration of Value Systems | |
| There Is No Such Thing as a Purely Material Crisis | p. 4 |
| The Death of the Modern | p. 7 |
| The Breakdown of the Family | p. 13 |
| The Decline of the United States as an Inspiration to Emerging Nations | p. 16 |
| The Positive Values of East Asia | p. 18 |
| Pirates in Modern Society | p. 20 |
| Toward an Ethic for the Twenty-First Century | p. 22 |
| Religion and Modern Value Systems | p. 26 |
| A Global Ethic as the Alternative to the Clash of Civilizations | p. 28 |
| From Hierarchy to Cooperation | p. 32 |
| The Need for Standards of Conduct in Government and Business | p. 35 |
| The Need to Overcome Indifference | p. 37 |
| Maintaining Global Security | |
| The Changing Environment of World Security | p. 43 |
| Inclusion/Exclusion: The New Dynamic in the World System | p. 48 |
| The Need for a Strategy of Stabilization | p. 51 |
| Are Nation-States Becoming Obsolete? | p. 54 |
| The Transformation of War | p. 57 |
| The Explosion of Crime and the Criminalization of War | p. 59 |
| The Dilemma of "Law and Order" in the World at Large | p. 62 |
| Security Policy in a World of Complexity | p. 66 |
| International Peace-Keeping after the End of the Cold War | p. 70 |
| Race and International Relations | p. 73 |
| The Threat of Population Movements | p. 76 |
| Drug Trafficking | p. 78 |
| Democracy's Challenge | p. 81 |
| Facing the New Inequalities | |
| The New North-South Conflict | p. 91 |
| The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Poorer | p. 95 |
| Intergenerational Conflict | p. 98 |
| The Increased Exclusion of Young People | p. 103 |
| Overcoming Discrimination Against Women | p. 106 |
| The New Decoupled Elite | p. 109 |
| Ensuring Sustainability in an Overpopulated World | |
| The Global Environment | p. 115 |
| The Evolving Concept of Sustainability | p. 117 |
| The Impact of the Demographic Transition | p. 120 |
| Population Control: A Critical Factor in Economic Development | p. 124 |
| Insufficient Grain and Food Resources | p. 127 |
| Insufficient Water Resources | p. 130 |
| Overcoming the "Cowboy Economy" | p. 135 |
| Making Ecology and Economy Compatible | p. 139 |
| The Greening of GATT: A Conflict of Visions | p. 141 |
| Harnessing Market Forces to Protect the Environment | p. 145 |
| International Environmental Policy: From Formation to Implementation | p. 149 |
| The Sustainability of Scientific Progress | p. 152 |
| A Laborious Future | p. 155 |
| Living in the New Information Society | |
| The Challenges of the Information Technology Superindustry | p. 160 |
| The Digital Revolution | p. 164 |
| The Impact of the Information Glut | p. 170 |
| The Gap Between the "Knows" and the "Don't Knows" | p. 174 |
| Information Technology and Economic Success | p. 176 |
| The Universal Information Infrastructure | p. 179 |
| Global Village or Global Civilization? | p. 182 |
| Keeping Pace with a Globalizing Economy | |
| The Globalized Economy Is a Reality | p. 192 |
| Abundant Human Resources and Technology | p. 196 |
| Open Regionalism and Multilateral Liberalization | p. 200 |
| Regionalism, Not Internationalism | p. 203 |
| The "Backyard Strategy" of Old Economic Powers | p. 208 |
| The Global Corporation and the Decline of Nation-States | p. 211 |
| Competition and International Trade | p. 214 |
| Global Shifts in Manufacturing and Services | p. 217 |
| Global Competition on Rules and the Private Sector | p. 221 |
| Integrating the World Economy: Economics Is Not Enough | p. 224 |
| Trade Policy: From Shallow to Deep Integration | p. 229 |
| Peace and Prosperity Require International Cooperation | p. 233 |
| Integrating Asia | |
| Asia: The New Center of the World Economy | p. 239 |
| The East Asian Revolution | p. 242 |
| The Resurgence of Asian Confidence | p. 245 |
| Democratization in Asia | p. 248 |
| Asia Has Come of Age | p. 251 |
| A New East-West Relationship | p. 253 |
| The Implications of China's Emergence | p. 257 |
| Creating Sufficient Employment | |
| The Increased Labor Supply in the World Economy | p. 264 |
| The End of Industrial Era Employment | p. 267 |
| Increased Growth Rates and Long-Term Structural Unemployment | p. 269 |
| The Lack of Solidarity Between the Employed and Unemployed | p. 273 |
| Permanent Education: A Must for Survival | p. 276 |
| The Reduced Acceptability of Layoffs | p. 278 |
| Ensuring National Policy-Making in a Global World | |
| The Transformation of the World Economy Since 1980 | p. 284 |
| Globalization: Domestic Economic Policies Still Count | p. 288 |
| Monetary Policy Cannot Do Everything | p. 292 |
| The End of the Inflationary Era | p. 294 |
| Foreign Exchanges; Markets Versus Policy | p. 296 |
| The Conflict Between Globalization and Subsidiarity | p. 300 |
| Death of the Welfare State? | p. 303 |
| Making the State Efficient and Consumption Levels Sustainable | p. 309 |
| The Expanding Scope of Privatization in Development | p. 313 |
| The Rule of Law and Development | p. 316 |
| The Need to Overcome Short-Term Problem Solving | p. 320 |
| Reengineering the Corporation | |
| A Shift in Global Economic Leadership | p. 326 |
| Firms That Behave Like Dinosaurs Will Die Out | p. 328 |
| The Transition to Lean Processes at the Firm Level | p. 330 |
| Time Is No Longer Just Money | p. 335 |
| How to Compete in the Twenty-First Century | p. 339 |
| The Need for Innovative Strategies | p. 342 |
| The Right Size for Global Companies | p. 345 |
| The Need for Business Focus | p. 348 |
| Conclusion | p. 353 |
| Index | p. 359 |
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