Megatrends and Global Paradoxes

John Naisbitt, who has written several books on the future, including Megatrends (which sold over eight million copies), discusses with Bruce Lloyd the issues raised in his latest volume, Global Paradox. Reveals that Naisbitt sees the global corporation becoming more important at the same time as becoming more vulnerable; indicates Naisbitt′s view that the importance of democracy is increasing while the importance of politicians is decreasing; and reports Naisbitt′s belief in growth in both an economic one‐world, in parallel with greater political fragmentation. Today the world is changing in many dimensions and many of these changes appear contradictory, but Naisbitt′s insights contribute to our understanding of these changes and how they can be seen to fit coherent and consistent patterns.