One of the challenges we face in looking at the economy’s future is going lies in identifying what tomorrow’s industries will be.
I’ve spent the day at the 500Startups pitch day at the Computer History Museum in the heart of Silicon Valley listening to the startups on the program making their investment spiels and in many ways those businesses are a glimpse of the future economy.
While not all of these businesses will survive, and many will pivot over time, they do indicate directions the economy is taking.
The question though is what sectors will drive jobs growth over the next quarter century and whether those industries will pay enough for workers and their families to survive, let alone keep a consumerist economy ticking along.