Post-Capitalist Society
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Descripción editorial
Business guru Peter Drucker provides a searching and incisive study of the major global transformation now taking place. This benchmark analysis shows how the development from the Age of Capitalism into the Knowledge Society affects societies, economies, industries and governments, and explains how world organizations are moving from ones based on capital, land, and labor to ones whose primary sources are information.
“Breathtaking in scope and insight…the best treatment yet of how the ‘knowledge society’ is changing every aspect of our world and our lives from geopolitics to the workplace.”-Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School
“A thinking person’s guide to the challenging world ahead.” -Kirkus Reviews
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Drucker's vision of a ``post-capitalist society''--one in which knowledge is the basic resource and nation-states compete with transnational, regional and tribal structures--is hardly original. What is new in this invigorating essay is his far-reaching analysis of the economic crisis of militarized, wasteful ``megastates'' like the United States and the former Soviet Union, which have failed to bring about a meaningful redistribution of income. Improving American productivity, he writes, will require investment in human resources and infrastructure (as Japan, Germany, Korea and Taiwan have done) and a drastic restructuring of organizations, including the elimination of most management layers. The federal goverment, Drucker asserts, should contract out tasks in the social sphere, confining itself to the role of policymaker. Among his other provocative proposals: jettison military aid to other countries; create a public audit agency to eliminate pork-barrel deals and special-interest politics; and hold schools accountable for students' performance. He also urges the creation of transnational institutions to cope with the environment, terrorism and arms control.
