The New Roaring Twenties Prosper in Volatile Times

by Pilzer, Paul Zane; Jarchow, Stephen P.

• ISBN13: 9781637740972
• ISBN10: 1637740972
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-03-21
• Publisher: Matt Holt

Summary

The world and its economic foundations are shifting beneath our feet!

We are at the threshold of the new roaring twenties—a resurgent era of technology-driven advancement with greater financial equity and economic expansion.

Not unlike the famed decade of the previous century, our next ten years will be filled with striking cultural shifts, new challenges, and, ultimately, abundant financial opportunities.

Paul Zane Pilzer, the economist/entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author of 13 books, sees a better world on the horizon. In The New Roaring Twenties he imparts inspiration and a new template for escaping the shadow of a global pandemic, with all its fallout, and stepping into the resplendent possibilities of the future. 

Pilzer details 12 economic and societal pillars that will be essential for navigating our new world:  

Economic: 

• Explosive technology-driven wealth
• An energy revolution
• Job market upheaval
• Accelerated arrival of AI robots
• The gig economy
• Universal basic income 

Societal:

• Growing influence of millennials
• Expansion of the sharing revolution
• Consumer surplus
• Shift from GDP to gross national happiness
• A new Pax Americana/China 
• The Russian wild card

The New Roaring Twenties offers solid ground in a shifting world, revealing the principles that will allow you to find new pathways to financial success and personal happiness.

Author Biography

Paul Zane Pilzer is an economist, social entrepreneur, professor, public servant, and the New York Times bestselling author of 10 books and dozens of scholarly publications. Pilzer completed Lehigh University in three years and received his MBA from Wharton Business School in 15 months at age 22. He became Citibank’s youngest officer at age 22 and its youngest vice president at age 25. He was appointed a professor at New York University at age 24 where he taught for 21 years and was five times voted “best teacher.” He has started, and/or taken public, six companies in healthcare and K-12 education. In healthcare, he is the Founder of Extend Health (1999) and Zane Benefits (2006), suppliers of personalized health benefits to US employees in every state. Extend Health was acquired by Towers Watson in 2012 for $435 million. In education, he is the Founder of Zane Publishing (1989), The American Academy (2005), and Zane Prep (2011), three leading companies using technology to improve K-12 education worldwide. In public service, he was an appointed economic advisor in two US presidential administrations (1983-1989) and today advises CEOs and government officials worldwide.
 
A former commentator on National Public Radio and CNN, Pilzer has been profiled on the front page of The Wall Sttreet Journal and on the cover of more than 100 magazines. He speaks live each year to approximately 200,000 people and more than 20 million copies of his speeches have been sold. He lives in Utah with his “best asset,” his wife Lisa and their four children, where they are all avid snowboarders, mountain bikers, and chess players.