Written by an ex-banker with more than 30 years experience, this jargon-free book addresses the questions people have about today's uncertain and changing world.

"Do you need to understand the financial recovery and your stake in it? Need a whole new financial strategy for the post-crisis future? Want to fortify your portfolio and all other areas of your financial life against the next downturn? Need to hold your financial advisors to task? You can have all of that and more with this comprehensive guide to the new world economy and the individual's place in it, written by three of Canada's leading authorities in tax efficient wealth management. Recent economic stability in Canada has been impressive but is it here to stay? Join the authors in exploring the link between the global economy and your family's portfolio. Consider how much we can really expect from China. Are some China analyses fraught with uber-expectations? Are political risks in the Middle East threatening economic stability? What are the Black Swan Factors and the likely impact of India. The authors also check into the Eurozone crisis, so powerful that it has called the future of the Euro into question. Closer to home, they look at the good news-bad news relationship with the United States and answer the question ?Is the worst yet to come What are the action plans you and your advisors need to build given all of this change in a fragile world. Consider the challenges for: Individuals: It's going to take a Village: Recovery is about Behavioural Change: Learn how to drop the baggage of old expectations, embrace new reality, work towards smooth sailing. Families: How get out of debt, spot opportunities, maintain dignity for the vulnerable; Investors: How to preserve, protect and grow wealth after the financial tsunami; Governments: How to deal with debt too large for generations to pay off, and which is expanding faster than the growth rate in GNP; "

Managing uncertainty has become a new business imperative. Technological discontinuities, regulatory upheavals, geopolitical shocks, abrupt shifts in consumer tastes or behavior, and many other factors have emerged or intensified in recent years and together conspire to undermine even the most carefully constructed business strategies. Managing Uncertainty: Strategies for Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times addresses these new challenges, assessing the sources of business turbulence, how to classify uncertainty, and the different ways in which uncertainty can be embraced to allow greater innovation and growth. Drawing on examples from around the world, the book presents the most recent ideas on what it means to manage uncertainty, from practitioners, academics, and consultants. • Addresses the challenges of managing uncertainty in business • Presents a step-by-step guide to managing business uncertainty • Draws examples from major international companies, including Intel, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Boeing, Quinetiq, Philips, China Telecom, Ford, Apple, Shell, Glaxo SmithKline and many more Written for business leaders and managers looking for new ways to ensure that their businesses continue to thrive in a world of increasing complexity, Managing Uncertainty presents new and innovative ideas about reducing risk by understanding difficult-to-predict shifts.

IDENTIFIES AND EXAMINES THE FIVE DANGEROUS TRENDS CURRENTLY IMPACTING THE U.S. ECONOMY AND YOUR FINANCIAL SECURITY.

Drawing on the groundbreaking U.S. Financial Diaries project (http://www.usfinancialdiaries.org/), which follows the lives of 235 low- and middle-income families as they navigate through a year, the authors challenge popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save-- and they identify the true causes of distress and inequality for many working Americans.