{"product_id":"1570259","title":"Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, And Power At the Edge of the 21st Century by Alvin Toffler","description":"Knowledge, not violence nor money, is the essence of power in the information age, claims Toffler ( Future Shock ) as he observes 'info-wars' raging in such arenas as computers, high-definition TV, electronic networks, and industrial espionage, and the fight for control of customer data by retailers, manufacturers, banks and credit-card issuers. He hails the emerging 'flex-firm,' a company open to many types of free-form 'counterbureaucratic' organization. Toffler credits junk-bond salesman Michael Milken with making finance more competitive and less monopolistic. Assessing the 'power triad' of the U.S.\/Japan\/Western Europe, he deems European nations the least stable link, with Germany gaining ascendancy. He looks warily at 'Global Gladiators'--drug cartels, Khomeini, multinationals, the Pope--who challenge the boundaries of the nation-state. Toffler's inflated, slogan-slinging probe entertains as it serves up bytes of information and insight, some provocative, some facile. This 1991 Bantam Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e fair condition\u003c\/b\u003e. Tanned; cover creased. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 055318086X SKU: 1570259 \u003ci\u003eThis image is of the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48534671425813,"sku":"1570259","price":14.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1570259_e7d60e53-3a82-4b00-b66f-df84b5d89e6e.jpg?v=1726295716","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.live\/products\/1570259","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}