Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Well known trend spotter Faith Popcorn is more than a bit pessimistic about men.  Her most recent What’s Popping forecast is called She-Change , and focuses on the growing role women are playing in the economy and society. Key quote on women: In the coming decade we will see a sea change in the way feminine power is incorporated in society. More interesting is her quite negative view on the future of men: It will be up to women to protect men in this new world order.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

One of the biggest shifts going on right now is the U.S. oil and gas boom. Domestic oil output is the highest in eight years.  Natural gas production is also booming and prices are falling.  A  recent Bloomberg article  suggests the U.S. will be the world's largest energy producer by 2020. It also forecasts we will energy independent by then.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Earlier this week we posted on the  End of Men and the Rise of Women trends.  The basics behind these are trends are a growing set of data indicating that men are falling behind women in a wide range of well being, educational, and employment measures.   Although not new (the trends have been discussed for many years), new information and analysis on these trends continues to surface.  Two recent books cover, in part, these shifts: Is Marriage for White

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