SONIC BOOM(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　What can a spell-checker tell you about economic trends? Why
is the world’s supply of ideas about to double? What did America
get right in the nineteenth century that it’s getting wrong in the
twenty-first? If Karl Marx were alive today, would he be hosting a
show on Fox News?
　　These are just a few of the provocative questions asked by
Sonic Boom, a (mainly) optimistic look at the near future.
Sonic Boom tells why the world’s economy is likely to be
just fine, with prosperity increasing; why globalization will soon
drive us even crazier than it does today; why “a chaotic, raucous,
unpredictable, stress-inducing, free, prosperous, well-informed,
and smart future is coming.” The book is rich with specific
examples and advice on how to navigate your own way through the
craziness that’s ahead. Forbes calls Gregg Easterbrook “the
best writer on complex topics in the United States,” and Sonic
Boom will show you why.

　　Gregg Easterbrook is the author of six books, including The
Progress Paradox. He is a contributing editor to The
Atlantic, for which he has written more than a dozen cover
stories, and The New Republic. His articles have appeared in
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, as well as
on the covers of Newsweek and Time. He has appeared
on Today, Larry King Live, Nightline, CBS Morning
News, All Things Considered, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,
The Diane Rehm Show, and The O’Reilly Factor. And as a
hobby, he writes the “Tuesday Morning Quarterback” football column
for ESPN.com. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife and
three children.
　　From the Hardcover edition.

Introduction:
A Trailer for the Docudrama
of the Twenty-first Century
ONE  Shenzhen
TWO  Waltham
THREE  Yakutsk
FOUR  Erie
FIVE  Leipzig
SIX  Arlington
SEVEN  Chippewa Falls
EIGHT  Camden
NINE  Los Angeles
TEN  $6o Jos6 dos Campos
ELEVEN  Your Town
Acknowleagments
Notes
Index