# Economic/Cultural Hope?  Debatable (Long)...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-cultural-hope-debatable-long/452130>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 7, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-cultural-hope-debatable-long/452130 "2008-06-07T13:54:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-cultural-hope-debatable-long/452130/1 "2008-06-07T13:54:51Z")

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**This is something my Dad, a 1963 USMA grad, culled from one of their alum websites and forwarded to me. It is long, but raises some interesting and relevant 21st century economic and cultural questions.**

_This is a paper presented several weeks ago by Herb Meyer at the World  
Economic Forum in Davos , Switzerland which was attended by most of the  
CEOs from all the major international corporations – a very good  
summary of today’s key trends and an interesting perspective_

[Four major transformations that are shaping the world](http://digg.com/world_news/MUST_READ_Four_major_transformations_that_are_shaping_the_world)

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-cultural-hope-debatable-long/452130/2 "2008-06-07T20:59:12Z")

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