james dale davidson the sovereign individual

This transition, which they have termed 'the fourth stage of human society,' will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. 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. 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. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. The Sovereign Individual By James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg Read by Michael David Axtell Listen To An Excerpt About The Book About The Authors About The Reader Product Details Resources and Downloads The Sovereign Individual More books from this author: James Dale Davidson More books from this reader: Michael David Axtell. 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.

The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization. (Feb.Summary: 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. Appendices offer advice to ''Sovereign Individuals'' (members of the information elite) on how to invest, find tax shelters, avoid criminals and list one's business on the World Wide Web. Davidson and Rees-Mogg, who publish Strategic Investment, a financial newsletter, present an apocalyptic exercise that is unconvincing. From the revolutionary potential of the microprocessor to the prediction of anonymous digital cyber cash, James Dale Davidson's 1997 book. In their forecast, citizenship will become obsolete new forms of sovereignty reminiscent of medieval merchant republics will spring up electronic plebiscites will decide legislative proposals mafias, renegade covert agencies and criminal gangs will exercise much more behind-the-scenes power. They further predict that the next millennium will see an enormous decline in the influence of politicians, lobbyists, labor unions and regulated professions as new information technologies democratize talent and innovation and decentralize the workplace. The computer revolution, in the authors' dire scenario, will subvert and destroy the nation-state as globalized cybercommerce, lubricated by cybercurrency, drastically limits governments' powers to tax. All about The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson.

James dale davidson the sovereign individual