PIERRE ALLARD


CRISIS AND BEYOND


To America, with love, on its 211th birthday

TABLE OF CONTENT

FOREWORD

BOOK ONE : GOODBYE, HOMO FABER

Introduction

I The perverse crisis

1. after the curse

2. the third-class ticket

3. the workaholics' backlash

4. the 13-figure bum cheque

 

II Quest for leisure

1. top-dogs and pack-hunts

2. the rise and fall of biomachines

3. second debut

4. the great equalizer

5. the ghost of global glut

6. fight or flight

7. the grand strategy

 

III The Null-p orbits

1. courtship and deception

2. the rape of the stubborn customer

3. symbiosis

4. o.t. in orbits

5. the epsilon drive

6. hyperjobs

7. the last swing of the pendulum

8. helots from cybernia

 

BOOK TWO: NEW RULES FOR A NEW GAME

Introduction

I Rules of necessity

1. the creative imperative

2. gambit on leisure

3. shoulders to the wheel

4. the challenge of anarchy

5. negentropy

6. deal with the octopus

 

II Clause #1

1. the smart matchmaker

2. the pragmatic teacher

3. the vicarious trainer

4. the fair broker

5. the demanding provider

6. the discreet angel

 

III New shape of Cornucopia

1. the way of momentum

2. Santa after Xmas

3. boardrooms, big and small

4. the great buyer's market

5. the crafty magician

6. the treadmill approach

7. wealth in motion

 

Conclusion

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