Books, Arts & Manners: Staying Competitive

The Frontiers of Management, by Peter F. Drucker (Dutton, 368 pp., $19.95)

All of a sudden, the issue of the day is competitiveness. Newspapers are awash with exposés of industries in collapse, business groups are pushing a value-added tax, and calls can be heard from potential Democratic presidential contenders for protectionism, tougher trade legislation, federal job-training programs, and subsidies for high-tech industries. All of this, we are assured, will help restore America’s industrial vigor.

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The Frontiers of Management, by Peter F. Drucker (Dutton, 368 pp., $19.95)

All of a sudden, the issue of the day is competitiveness. Newspapers are awash with exposés of industries in collapse, business groups are pushing a value-added tax, and calls can be heard from potential Democratic presidential contenders for protectionism, tougher trade legislation, federal job-training programs, and subsidies for high-tech industries. All of this, we are assured, will help restore America’s industrial vigor.