It will not happen everywhere, as the false borders imposed on peoples who do not want to live together are coming apart. But democracy, and the wealth it generates by opening economies, has more chances to happen around the world than ever before. This means that American taxpayers no longer have to bear the high cost of defending the free world. Unless we volunteer to supply police to every trouble spot in the world, we should have more resources to spend on things besides military hardware. We will have more trading partners in a wealthier world.
Freedom exists for more people than ever before in history.
The people are right. Some people think the stars can tell them about the future. Other people think they can foresee the future. So this book is not the story of what is going to happen in the year 2000. We are not predicting a long-run boom or a bust economy because we do not think either is likely.