Powershift : knowledge, wealth, and violence at the edge of the 21st century

Toffler argues that while headlines focus on shifts of power at the global level, equally significant shifts are taking place in our everyday world--supermarkets, hospitals, banks, television, and politics. As old antagonisms fade, Toffler identifies where the next, far more important world division will arise . . . between the ''fast'' and the ''slow.'' ''Thought-provoking on every page.''--Newsday. HC: Bantam. Describes How A New System Of Wealth Creation Is Transforming Power At Every Level Of Society. The Powershift Era -- Muscle, Money, And Mind -- Beyond The Age Of Glitz -- Force : The Yakuza Component -- Wealth : Morgan, Milken-- And After -- Knowledge : A Wealth Of Symbols -- Material-ismo! -- The Ultimate Substitute -- The Checkout Battle -- Extra-intelligence -- Net Power -- The Widening War -- The Executive Thought Police -- Total Information War -- The Cubbyhole Crash -- The Flex-firm -- Tribal Chiefs And Corporate Commissars -- The Autonomous Employee -- The Power-mosaic -- Coda : The New System For Wealth Creation -- The Decisive Decades -- The Invisible Party -- Info-tactics -- Meta-tactics -- A Market For Spies -- The Info-agenda -- The Image Makers -- Subversive Media -- The Screenie Generation -- Coda : Yearnings For A New Dark Age -- The Global K-factor -- The Fast And The Slow -- Socialism's Collision With The Future -- The Power Of Balance -- Triads : Tokyo-- Berlin-- Washington -- The Global Gladiators -- Coda : Freedom, Order, And Chance. Alvin Toffler. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 477-506) And Index. In this follow-up to "Future Shock" and "The Third Wave", Toffler argues that the very nature of power itself has shifted from muscle and money to the mind. The author predicts that the century's end will be dominated by battles for control over information, knowledge and the media. Discusses power at the edge of the 21st century. Deals with violence, wealth and knowledge and the roles they play in our lives; and discusses new paths to power opened by a world of upheaval This is a book about power at the edge of the 21st century.