Economics
A Look At Things To Come
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We began work on "21 Ideas for the 21st Century" by asking a dozen or so BUSINESS WEEK writers and editors to think of ways we might try to catch the spirit of the new millennium without making a lot of dubious predictions. Trying to predict the future has always been a risky business, and it's even tougher in the hyperspeed Age of the Internet.
We decided a more productive approach might be to present some of today's most far-reaching ideas--along with the people behind them. We'll wager that some of these ideas and thinkers will have a powerful impact on whatever trends do emerge in coming decades.