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Vol. XIV, No. 1
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The
Big Trends of 2006
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Winter Issue 2006
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ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY
2.0 |
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Built
in 300 BC, the Alexandrian Library, the repository
of ancient wisdom and knowledge that housed over
a half million books before it was destroyed in
415 AD, was back up and running again in 2006.
The 2.0
version of portals and information avenues …
powered by Google, YouTube, Yahoo, Ask, and
other dot-coms … hold billions of books
and trillions of pages that are available for
rich and poor, far and wide, through equipment
smaller than the compartment that held the scrolls
of Aristarchus (Greek astronomer and mathematician
who discovered the Copernican Model 1800 years
before Copernicus).
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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MIDDLE EAST BLOWOUT |
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It
took until 2006, several hundred billion dollars,
nearly three thousand of its soldiers killed,
tens of thousands wounded, over 100,000 civilians
slaughtered and the scapegoat sacrifice of their
Secretary of Defense … before the American
majority finally acknowledged that its military
is being badly beaten in Iraq.
Unable to lick a third rate
contender, the US Superpower - now caught in
a showdown to stop Iran from going nuclear -
appears helpless against a second rate Persian
military.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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CRIME PAYS |
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Of
the many reliable leading economic indicators,
it's a sure bet that when the economy worsens
so does crime. In
the US, after years of decline, crime got a
boost in 2006 as the poor got poorer, the uneducated
less schooled, and the violent more violent.
At mid-year, homicides were up 4.2 percent above
2005 levels … which tallied the biggest
increase in 15 years. While also registering
gains in violent crimes, up 2.5 percent from
2005, robberies increased 10 percent by mid-
2006.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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GOLDEN BULL
DOLLAR BEAR |
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The
trends for a diving dollar and rising gold prices
were long in the making before 2006 got underway.
Losing some 20 percent against the euro and down
to a 14 year low against the British pound, around
the world the dollar isn't what it used to be.
And unlike
in the old days when everyone wanted greenbacks,
today many foreign locals won't accept US currency
as payment.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY MOVEMENT |
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Spurred
by $70 a barrel oil, $3 a gallon gas at the pump,
shrinking paychecks and enormous investment opportunities,
Wall Street financiers and zealous entrepreneurs
from around the world are looking to unlock the
new energy genie. More
than just a passing fad, as it was in years
past when new energy alternatives rose and fell
with each oil price spike, in 2006 the handwriting
on the wall made it clear that high oil prices
are here to stay.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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MIDTERM MELTDOWN |
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the first time since the electorate became disenchanted
with the two year old Clinton White House in 1994,
they again voted to "throw the bums out"
in 2006. But unlike 1994 when they were persuaded
to sign onto a blank "Contract with America,"
the big news in '06 was their realization that
Washington's bark has no bite.
Facing defeat in Iraq, disgraced
by Katrina, disgusted by corruption and fed
up with holier-than-thou political hypocrites
and their religious sidekicks - who were caught
with their pants down - people have begun to
realize the picture they've been sold is not
so rosy. With little choice for different ways,
they took the Democratic route which promised
change and a return to ethical government.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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SECESSIONISM |
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was just a blip on the news radar screen in 2006,
and while it's the start of something big, the
people pushing the trend are fighting for something
small. Believing
that the United States has too many people and
is too complex for a "one-size-fits-all"
Federal dictate to control the entire nation,
America's second revolutionaries held their
first "North American Secessionist Convention"
in Burlington, Vermont this past November.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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LATINO POPULISM |
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winds of change are blowing El Norte from the
countries once controlled or propped up by US
in- fluenced dictators and strong men, and Washington
doesn't like it. Throughout
South America, nations large and small are breaking
away from their colonial pasts and US dominance.
Led by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez - who has picked
up the socialism mantel from the dying Castro
- Bolivia, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Ecuador voted
in 2006 against "Big Business" and
for the average Jose.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
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MEXICAN REVOLUTION |
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sitting on the US border and being the gateway
to illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and
trade, the 2006 political upheaval in Mexico hardly
made the US news. Claiming
that the '06 presidential election was stolen
and refusing to concede defeat, Andres Manuel
Lopez Obrador and his supporters have established
a counter government to Felipe Calderon who
officially became Mexico's president on 1 December.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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REAL ESTATE RECESSION |
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2005 the great real estate bubble began to fizzle,
but in 2006 the boom went bust. By virtually every
indicator, real estate slumped into a recession.
New and
existing home sales, inventories of unsold homes,
new construction, mortgage applications and
mortgage delinquencies … all the housing
indices have trended negative.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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IMMIGRATION
BACKLASH |
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The
US, with its population hitting 300 million
in 2006 and expected to top 400 million in 30
plus years … is filling up with a lot
of people … people that a lot of people
who got there before them, don't want to let
enter.
Unlike the huddled masses
who arrived from Europe on the eve and in the
aftermath of WWI and the Russian Revolution
… at a time when the American industrial
giant was growing and hungry for manpower …
today they come from south of the border to
make a buck. With low expectations of getting
rich, the new waves of immigrants, unlike the
Ellis Island contingent, don't expect America's
streets to be paved with gold.
... For the rest of the story, read the
Trends
Journal.
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Whatever
you do, whatever your interests, The Trends Journal®
will help you do it better by preparing you to anticipate
and profit from change. |
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The
Trends Journal® distills the voluminous ongoing
research of The Trends Research Institute® into
concise, readily accessible form. By tracking 300 separately
defined domestic and international trend categories
including: business, economics, politics, social
developments, education, health, science, technology,
philosophy, the arts, entertainment, and fashion -
four times a year, The Trends Journal®
establishes the connections that others fail to see
or misinterpret. Its Globalnomic® method cuts through
the confusion of information overload and zeroes in
on the trends that will shape the future. |
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- Allows you to anticipate, recognize
and preempt significant changes in virtually every
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in turn shape the future.
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