Altman, Daniel

Economist Daniel Altman describes the risks and opportunities, hidden trends, society pressures, and policy endgames of the future. He predicts twelve challenges to the global economy, and offers advice for dealing with them successfully.

Examines global economic issues from the perspectives of workers around the world during one twenty-four-hour period--June 15, 2005--presenting their stories in their own words; explores such questions as what sets the price of oil, whether immigration is a "luxury or a necessity, " whether it helps the economy for ideas to have owners, and how much power the U.S. can exert over the global economy.

Examines twelve trends the author believes will have a major influence in the years following the global economic downturn of the early twenty-first century.