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Review title: Disappointing
Product review: The concept of the Long Boom is an important one, but this book does not do it justice. The authors attempt to make their point by combining three disparate text threads into one theme, but this combination of non-fiction and parable comes off more like dueling banjos. The first thread is a fairly shallow narrative recounting the familiar causes to which most now attribute our current prosperity - network effects, globalization, info technology etc. The second thread follows a fictional American yuppie's life through his annual Christmas letters to several buddies. This recounts his journey from sensitive college grad to Big Chill Volvo owner. The third text is a "transcript" from a fictional news show from 2050 that identifies the Open Source Movement, the downfall of Microsoft and similar developments shortly after the turn of the Millennium as the key turning points that make possible the ensuing 50 year long boom.This book could have been so much better.
