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The Roaring 2000s

Building the Wealth and Lifestyle You Desire in the Greatest Boom in History

by Harry S. Dent

Free Press, 1999

Category: Finance

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In this summary you will learn

  • What principal factors drive the economy
  • What the seven principles of successful investing are
  • Why biotechnology will affect many facets of life in the coming decade

Why you should read The Roaring 2000s

Harry S. Dent may be the one-eyed economist living in the land of the blind. His previous book, The Great Boom Ahead, predicted our current, record-shattering market (although it underestimated its strength). Now he’s updated his analysis with a new focus that extends the boom prediction through the end of the current decade. His results may prove more effective than his methodology, because Dent is a futurist who subscribes to a deterministic model. He believes that population growth and technological adoption control economic growth. Upon these foundations, Dent builds a vision of continued, unprecedented growth that may make him Enemy Number One on Alan Greenspan’s Irrational Exuberance Most Wanted. But to doubters, Dent can offer the nearly irrefutable: "Yeah, but I was right." If you’re in business, you should know the basics of Dent’s philosophy, and if you’re in the markets at all, getAbstract.com recommends that you read this book. After all, you can’t argue with his track record!

About the Author

Harry S. Dent, Jr., predicted our current boom economy in his book, The Great Boom Ahead. As president of the H.S. Dent Foundation, he has advised Fortune 100 companies. He also has managed several small, growth businesses as CEO and COO. He has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is also an investment manager and publisher of the bimonthly H.S. Dent Forecast, and a resident of Oakland, California.

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