Future-forecaster Harry S. Dent uses economic, technological and demographic trends along with rose-colored glasses to give readers advice on jobs, investments, social change and life.
Dent's positive outlook was demonstrated in his first book, The Great Boom Ahead: Your Comprehensive Guide to Personal and Business Profit in the New Era of Prosperity (1993). This book is widely acclaimed as being an accurate predictor of what actually did happen. The author's optimistic visionary view is reinforced in Job Shock: Four New Principles Transforming Our Work and Business (1995) which was re-released in paperback with the title Jobs Ahead: Your Comprehensive Guide to Surviving and Prospering in the Coming Work Revolution (1996). In The Roaring 2000s: How to Achieve Personal and Financial Success in the Greatest Boom in History, Dent continues the theme of the best is yet to come" and expands on his theories of the influence and affluence of baby boomers, and the economic benefits of the Internet. Dent's philosophy and prognostications can also be found in his newsletter "H.S. Dent Forecast" as well as in video and audio formats.
Best-selling author, prestigious speaker, consultant to Fortune 100 companies, entrepreneur, CEO, Harry Dent has appeared on Good Morning America, CNBC, and PBS and been featured in Fortune, Success, The Wall Street Journal and Omni.
Harry Shuler Dent, Jr. was born in 1950. He was a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School, and he holds a degree in accounting and finance from the University of South Carolina, where he graduated first in his class.
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