Meta-Trends and the Next Economy utilizes demographics to forecast the health of every economy/industry in the world. Meta-Trends allows you to know the knowable future i.e. Know which businesses should you start today, Know which industries will survive and thrive in the next 15 years, Know which areas of the economy are worth investing resources in, Know future government trends from a threat perspective, Know why past trends happened and were actually predictable The future breaks down into threats and opportunities. Meta-Trends motivates you to plan better so that you don’t just survive, you thrive in the next 15 years. Change is happening so rapidly in society that the need for reliable forecasts is paramount. It turns out that demographics are the single most powerful ingredient in forecasting what the future will look like. Meta-Trends and the Next Economy, will answer the question: “What will the next five to fifteen years look like?”