The New York Times published a piece today on rising inequality and the difference in opportunity between low-income workers today and the ones of the 1980's.

I read the article defensively at first. It is the New York Times after all. But after the first couple of pages, it was clear the author was correct in his assessment.

If you choose to try and make it in America today using the same tactics your parents and grandparents used you're going to fail.

The entire economic landscape has changed. The middle class of my parent's generation is disappearing. Jobs are being outsourced or have simply been lost to technology.

You can't live in the past and expect to thrive in the future. What worked in 1980 will not work today. The days of getting hired by the factory after you graduate high school and working there for 30 years are over. That model is dead (at least for now), and you've got to accept it if you want to thrive in the 21st century.

Today I'll share some of my thoughts about the new economy and why I think it presents us with the greatest opportunity we've ever seen

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