Future Wealth

In this provocative book, leading business thinkers Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer offer a compelling picture of Future Wealth. They describe a world in the not-so-distant future in which everything of value--including human capital, talent, and other intangibles--will come to be traded in efficient finance markets. Companies will invest in their employees--not merely as training and development, but literally. Business units will be thought of as units of financial risk whose worth is judged by their intellectual capital. As average citizens do more investing, they will begin to accept higher risk for the potential of higher rewards. But while Future Wealth will depend on an appetite for risk, it will also depend on stronger social safety nets designed to balance individual freedoms with order. From the way we work and earn, spend and save, plan our mortgages, taxes, retirement, and more--Future Wealth will provide opportunities for every individual to be rewarded in whole new ways. Describing both the enormous possibilities and potential consequences of this exciting new world, Davis and Meyer outline the principles that will help make every person's net worth add up to a society rich in both human and financial aspects of wealth.