term. Both the name of the book and the term "Deep Fundamentals" refer to the shifting of the much deeper layer that lies at the foundation of all monetary economies, both capitalist and socialist. What both The Third Wave and Revolutionary Wealth call into question is the very premise of monetary exchange. Other elements are brought up in the 2006 volume which were notably absent from the 1980 volume and even the 1990 sequel Powershift. The question of world political unification is returned to: here, the authors make clear that the idea itself is not being dismissed, but rather the notion that such a unification will be a united states of the presently-existing nation-states, e.g. world government. As they point out, there are other kinds of entities (religious organizations, NGOs, businesses, labor unions) that would have to be included in a world as heterogeneous as ours. More significantly, the idea of a mass settlement into outer space is finally entertained. References External links Revolutionary Wealth preview at Google Books After Words interview with Toffler on Revolutionary Wealth, conducted by Newt Gingrich, June 3, 2006 2006 non-fiction books Alfred A. Knopf books Books by Alvin Toffler Futurology books