A Harvard-trained economist's startling predictions reveal critical challen ges in the decades ahead, helping individuals, businesses, and governments to make smarter decisions As individuals, companies, and countries struggle to recover from the econo mic crisis, many are narrowly focused on forecasts for the next week, month , or quarter. Yet they should be asking what the global economy will look l ike in the years to come-where will the long-term risks and opportunities a rise? These are the questions that Daniel Altman confronts in his provocati ve and indispensable book. The fate of the global economy, Altman argues, will be determined by deeper factors than those that move markets from moment to moment. His incisive a nalysis brings together hidden trends, societal pressures, and policy endga mes to make twelve surprising but logical predictions about the years ahead . And his forecasts for the future raise a pressing question for today: Wit h so many challenges awaiting us, are our political and economic institutio ns up to the task? Outrageous Fortunes tells which industries will grow, which economies will crumble, which investments will pay off, and where the next big crisis may occur. Altman's carefully reasoned text is an essential guide for the road ahead.