The prediction builds on the ups and downs of chip sales data through three important boom-and-bust cycles.
Yet in one important respect booming Atlanta looks just like Detroit gone bust: both are places where the American dream seems to be dying, where the children of the poor have great difficulty climbing the economic ladder.
During the first decade of this century, Spain has experienced one of the most important housing booms among developed economies.
Because the cold war had ended, military spending fell as a percent of G.D.P. Perhaps most important, the Internet boom began and sparked a stock market bubble that stimulated spending by consumers, who felt ever richer.
But three things are particularly important: a cinema boom in the emerging world, a concerted effort by the major studios to make films that might play well outside America and a global marketing push to make sure they do.Russia, with its shrinking teenage population, is an unlikely spot for a box-office boom.
This was more important during the boom, when many collectors might be chasing a single painting by a coveted artist, but in general it still holds true.When primary collectors "buy in depth", meaning that they acquire a lot of work by a single artist, they can become integral to an artist's career.
Most important, too, the boom in SUVs keeps the auto market running strong and is one of the pillars of the economy.
Equally important, survivorship is booming as a field of study.
Still, Mr. Lee said, the 1993 package was an important factor in the boom.
Nothing has seemed more important in the economic boom than the wage gains it has conferred.
The interest in vinyl shows no sign of waning, and Crosley is an important part of the boom.
