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Boom, bust & echo: How to profit from the coming demographic shift [Hardcover]

David K Foot (Author)
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Maclean's, v.109(33) August 12, 1996

Boom, Bust & Echo is a handy and readable take on what comes next in the world of profit and loss. But almost anyone concerned about the future could benefit from the refreshing--if sometimes overly narrow--approach it takes to some of Canada's most pressing problems.

Media, v.3(3), 1996

David Foot, a noted Canadian demographer and professor of economics at the University of Toronto, exhibits a talent for explaining difficult concepts in a simplified manner. Boom, Bust and Echo reflects this and is quite easy to understand. This book will be of interest to those who take a long-term view of their company's or even their own future regardless of their function in the workplace. Chapters are topical and cleverly constructed to seamlessly connect an explanation of the past to a prediction of the future. The arguments are solid and well presented--so well, in fact, that the reason for an economic or social phenomenon appears to be obvious. The test of the claim that demographics explains two-thirds of everything will be to see if the author's predictions indeed come true.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I liked it so much, I made my wife read it., Aug 14 1998
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This review is from: Boom, bust & echo: How to profit from the coming demographic shift (Hardcover)
I read this book in the summer of 1996, and found it to be an excellent tool. It takes a very organized approach to presenting the history of demographics and applying demographics to trends that we have observed over the past. It is highly relevant to life in rural Ontario which is where i was living at the time. Issues like the future importance of hospital closings, school development, and social programs should all be viewed in the context of demographics.

After reading this I went on to read Faith Popcorn's books, and found them to be rather flat predictions that demographics could easily fortell. Boom Bust & Echo is a useful toolkit for business people with lots of examples to draw from. My wife and I had our own company at the time, and I had to make her read the book so we could re-assess our strategy in light of this under-used tool, and it allowed us to reposition our company without straying from our original mission.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth Reading, July 15 2009
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Patrick Sullivan (Kingston, Ont. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boom, bust & echo: How to profit from the coming demographic shift (Hardcover)
I heard David Foot give a presentation, in regards to his book being released, at a business convention. I was very impressed with his work. I believe anyone that reads this book, will find most of the insights to be very interesting.
The only complaint I have with the book, is that Prof. Foot is afraid to go into risky areas. He keeps thing in a "Father Knows Best" type of atmosphere. At the convention, he made one small comment regarding the reason why Quebec separation from Canada made sense, from a demographic point of view. The audience was stunned. Suddenly people started to ask about the Black, White, and Hispanic situation in the USA. Professor Foot refused to answer, and was rather upset with the situation. The current growth in Europe of the Muslim population, would also make for some interesting demographic observations. The declining birth rate in the Western World and Japan, are also issues worth discussing.
I hope Professor Foot`s next book tackles some of current demographic issues.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Puts life in perspective, Nov 4 1998
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This review is from: Boom, bust & echo: How to profit from the coming demographic shift (Hardcover)
As a member of Generation-X (that means in 1998 I'm 35...)I find this book puts many things about life today in perspective. An excellent and easy read, I would recommend this to anyone who is fascinated by social and demographical characteristics of our society. A word of warning though, for all you Gen-Xers out there... You may develop a new found hatred of people in their late 40s and early 50s... It's a fun book. Read it.
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