GLOBAL MEGATRENDS AND THE COMMUNITY

Abstract

What do we mean by the term ‘megatrend’? A megatrend is a prominent feature of global politico‐economic change brought about by or against the recent thrust of capitalist globalization. A megatrend is also a pattern of thinking and action that is entrenched in a certain perception of historical change and capital‐worker ownership relationships. A megatrend is thus seen as a pattern of change that will profoundly impress the future of mankind in its relationship with others and with the full gamut of the ecological domain including markets and institutions (Heilbroner & Milberg, 1996). In this paper, the study of megatrends will also encompass the hidden forces that will powerfully influence, profoundly change and guide that momentum of change to an objective globalization in the future, even as the growthmanship agenda of global capitalism breathes its last in a post‐modern age.

Citation

Alam Choudhury, M. (1999), "GLOBAL MEGATRENDS AND THE COMMUNITY", Humanomics, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 16-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018826