A very interesting set of challenges facing our economy over the next 25 years and some strategy for addressing those challenges. I like most of the recommendations being made here, but I find the predictions to be ominous. Our productivity growth for the last 20 years has been based on having more people with higher education levels. Eventually you reach a point where you max that out, and then growth slows. One of the more interesting conclusions here: The powers that be are strongly incented to create as much upward social mobility as possible. How Will America Work in the 21st Century? (LARGE PDF) |