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Shim, Soyeon – Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 1998
Outlines a research agenda for family and consumer sciences based on Thurow's five economic forces shaping the future and how they will affect consumers: (1) end of communism; (2) shift to "brainpower" industries; (3) demographic changes; (4) global economy; and (5) no dominant world power. (SK)
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Economic Factors, Merchandising, Population Trends