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The Product Piracy N |
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| When you slip into a pair of jeans that you bought at The Gap, it probably never occurs to you that they might not really be Gap jeans. Neither does it occur to you when you swallow a cholesterol-lowering medicine that it might be a fake ?or even dangerous. And if you萸춅 ever driven a Chevrolet, it has probably never crossed your mind that it might not be a real Chevy. |
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The Flat Tax Cometh |
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| There are 8 million words in the Federal Tax Code, and the IRS itself doesn��셳 even know what they all mean. That code supports an entire industry of lawyers and accountants. Taxpayers in America spend a cumulative 6 billion hours each year just trying to figure out how much they owe the IRS. |
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The United States Ha |
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| To understand how momentous this trend is, we need to take a step back to get a better perspective. The primary mission of Trends is to prepare our subscribers to anticipate the threats and opportunities they��셪l face in the future. Most of these threats and opportunities occur at the intersection of three broad forces: demographics, technology, and values. |
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Housing Boom Peaks O |
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| We are in the midst of . . . the biggest world-wide housing boom ever,��� declared Robert Shiller, the Yale economist and author of Irrational Exuberance. In August 2004, sales of new homes went up by 9.4 percent, the biggest increase since December 2000. |
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The Great 21st Centu |
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| Few people realize that we are on the threshold of a truly remarkable period in history. We are witnessing the convergence of several powerful trends that will soon produce a tremendous economic boom. |
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