BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE: FEBRUARY 14, 2000 ISSUE

COVER STORY
The Boom
Time to celebrate. This month, the current economic expansion became the longest in U. S. history. The boom has done more than create millions of new jobholders and stockowners. It has also restored the public's confidence and given more people than ever a shot at the American Dream. We tell the story in HOW PROSPERITY IS RESHAPING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.

In an interview with BUSINESS WEEK, the President gives his view of what caused the boom and how to prolong it. PRESIDENT CLINTON ON THE ECONOMY. Presented here in an extended version for our online readers.

Information technology is reenergizing old-line industries, improving the efficiency of companies from Ford Motor to Ocean Spray Cranberries. WHY THE PRODUCTIVITY REVOLUTION WILL SPREAD.

A commentary by Economics Editor Michael J. Mandel explores the possibility that things will end badly. THE RISK THAT BOOM WILL TURN TO BUST.



ONLINE EXTRAS

VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE
"The Real Killer Legacy Is the Cultural Legacy"
Six experts discuss the perils and payoffs when old-line companies revamp themselves for the Net

VIDEO VIEW
BW's Bill Wolman on The Boom
"We still don't know what we did right"

FOR INVESTORS
"This Just May Be the Second or Third Inning"
Transamerica Premier Equity fund manager Jeff Van Harte reflects on what the longest-running bull means when it comes to investing



 
 
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