knowledge is power, money , money of knowledge , power of knowledge .... .

A book that really opens your eyes to how the relation of money with time and effort has changed and how to be prepared for a world which is increasingly moving at a faster pace

The Plow, the Assembly Line, the Computer
These are the three waves we have seen so far and the latter will change everything.

If you liked Future Shock, The Third Wave, Powershift, War and Anti-war, you will like this.

Do not read this book if you are stuck in the industial age of rival goods. It will only make you mad. If you believe that anything based on a factory model will fail and that everything we know will become some form of information, you will love this book.

As usual, Toffler provides an amazingly insightful vision of the forces shaping both modern society and the near future.

In this book, he claims that the new information age creates a focus on knowledge (as opposed to the agricultural age's focus on land and the industrial age's focus on money), and plots some of the consequences of that focus.

Extremely useful and downright prescient.

A bit outdated (just a bit, in my opinion) after 8 years, but as any Toffler book is an interesting read that offers a consistent vision of the future with the panorama of the events happening at the time and development of history. On this one the Tofflers expose the value of wealth based on knowledge, and how it not only shakes the foundations of current systems in place but also seems to have no limits and how embracing it early might impact our present.

The major flaw this book has is without a doubt how it seems to jump from fact to fact in order to expose a point. It's clearly well documented but it didn't found its mean point, the redaction being too.. pragmatic I think, focusing on event after event which makes you feel like there's little or no effort to explore the underlying causes of the events. Nonetheless the Tofflers dare to throw some ideas here and there and develops some interesting concepts while exciting us about the vast array of opportunities the future might hold.

A pretty good read overall, just wished they delved some more into a few aspects (how to adapt the value of prosume or the needed change for institutions, for instance) but they clearly aimed to be as broad as they could with this one.

Alvin and Heidi Toffler have gone through enormous lengths to write this book which incorporates concepts they have previously written about in "Future Shock", "Third Wave", and others.

"Revolutionary Wealth" is a book that should be read by economists, historians, scientists, political leaders, parents, ... (The list can go on, but generally is for anyone concerned about the future). The authors have incredible credibility with their predictions on the rise of information technology, the internet, new forms of war, the prosumer, and other vitally important concepts of our 21 century reality.

These predictions were made decades ago, and in 2006 a new book has arrived from the Futurists who actually got most of their predictions right. In "Revolutionary Wealth" the authors expand on the concept of the Prosumer to explain how modern economic theories are deeply flawed. Their analysis of "deep fundamentals" is something quite different than that which most in formal education are introduced to. Time and Space are undergoing radical changes as is the world market and international relations.

The central concept behind this work is that of change and our need to be flexible with the change that is happening all around the world. The authors argue that with the Third Wave revolution in knowledge intensive technology the world will forever be in a new state of growth, in that state the wealth generated to run our lives and the globe will be charting a revolutionary path.

The book is thick, dense, and difficult to finish as much of the reading needs time for interpretation and discussion to flesh out the theories and realities presented in the book. Regardless, the future laid out in it's pages will literally and figuratively shock the reader.

I did not agree 100 percent with everything the authors have presented by any means, however they do not set out to convince the reader of their correctness, rather they set out to explain the organized evidence that they so meticulously have gathered from around the world's most highly credible sources.

This book deals with the realities and problems in our 21st century, and surprisingly, bringing inspirational ideas and examples of how our imagination and innovation can still triumph over the tallest obstacles.

If possible it would deserve 6/5 stars for its exceptional contribution to the world's academia.

I really liked the way how he puts the Prosumer (producer+consumer) concept as this is what behavioral economists along with me see as something what should be known and taught more at universities. I am definitely going to elaborate the grey economy more in my further studies. It also opened other new interesting topics to study to me and what I really appreciate is the overall optimism, that really made me to think about both the future threats and the opportunities constructively instead of being pessimistic about the forthcoming turbulent social, political and economical changes.

Tiring. Keeping focused while looking for Toffller's new meme is real work.

This book holds vital information to understanding our shift towards a Knowledge Era.
For me it's bridging the conceptual gap between the Singularity and my Daily Life and Work

Note to self: I'm on page 131
Planning to return to this one. I've always found the Toeffler's insights on culture to be stimulating.

The definitive text on what is going on in our global economy in the 21st century. Brilliant.

Excelente libro, muy amplio y algo complicado de leer ya que entra a profundidad en diversidad de temas y Alvin es un hombre muy culto que puede desarrollar temas que van desde el socialismo a la nanotecnología,pasando por explicar la energía potencial de la luna(helio).Veo complicado resumir este libro en unas cuantas palabras,les recomiendo leerlo si te gusta la economía y deseas conocer como está nueva economía del conocimiento cambiará todo lo sentado hasta ahora en nuestra vida,economía,teorías,vida,costumbres etc etc.