Megatrends 2000

This sequel to 1982's Megatrends predicts a booming global economy, women's achievement of parity with men as leaders in the professions and a resurgence in arts, culture and religion. The authors ``use solid and startling statistics to identify 10 dominant socioeconomic trends for the 1990s . . . their figures frequently upset conventional wisdom,'' claimed PW. (Feb.)