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Prize Competition #1: The Race to the Core

Prize Competition #1: The Race to the Core

by | Sep 15, 2010 | Future Scenarios

Prize Competition #1: The Race to the Core Over the next year I will be proposing a series of eight major prize competitions, competitions designed to pit the countries of the world against each other in a series of extraordinary tests of skills and abilities. Only...
Turmoil Ahead for Housing

Turmoil Ahead for Housing

by | Sep 1, 2010 | Business Trends

Turmoil Ahead for Housing Consider the following scenario. Over the next few years, several major cities in the U.S. will begin to impose a ban on all new residential and commercial construction. With populations declining in numerous metro areas, they will worry...
Reinventing Sales Tax

Reinventing Sales Tax

by | Aug 25, 2010 | Business Trends

Reinventing Sales Tax As a general rule, extreme levels of complexity take a significant toll on society. The price we pay for complexity is far greater than the money involved. With upwards of 90,000 separate taxing districts in the U.S. sales tax has become an...
Privatizing Libraries

Privatizing Libraries

by | Aug 19, 2010 | Business Trends

Privatizing Libraries Expanding our thinking about the notion of corporate-run community libraries Consider the following scenario. Two years from now in November, you find yourself walking into a voting booth to decide on the fate of your local library. The issue you...