James Dale Davidson

William Rees-Mogg

Two investment advisors present their predictions for the coming years and outline the practical consequences of adapting to the new global economy and the information age

How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State

The Sovereign Individual

lilgramps

Lord William Rees-Mogg

The authors identify both the likely disasters and the potential for prosperity inherent in the advent of the information age.

Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

Pierre

Grab bag of ideas. Few of them are enlightening. Many are dated or toxic. I can say I’ve read it. If you’re looking for bitcoin-related roots, though, you’ll be better served with cyberpunk authors or Saifedean Ammous

Ugis

Although published in 1999 this is an excellent read which explains the industrial to information age transformation and its consequences. Several prediction are becoming reality already. [reading time: 21h]

Kevin S Perrine

A mixed bag. I agree with many points, but not necessarily their conclusions. I'll still read it again—there is a lot to be learned and thought about.

Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization. Few observers of the late twentieth century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing bestsellar, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years. In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries -- the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed "the fourth stage of human society," will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.

The Sovereign Individual How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State

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