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Top 10 buzzwords of the past 10 years



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2. New economy
As the US economy took off in the late 1990s, it was said we were witnessing the transition of a manufacturing-based economy to one centered on the exchange of ideas and information. Some believed the tech boom would create permanent steady growth, low unemployment, and immunity to boom-and-bust cycles--thus, a new economy. Yet something was lost in all this theory making, as some decidedly old-economy concepts were forgotten. A company still had to be competitive and earn money, it still had to attract--and retain--customers, and it still had to justify its stock price. In short, new was not improved.

 

 
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