With their classic book, "Nine Shift: Work, life and education in the 21st Century,"
Coates and Draves predicted the 21st Century:
*The decline of suburbs and the rise of cities (BBC Global Business, Feb 21, 2005, aired worldwide)

*The great recession (The New York Times, Jan 6, 2006)

*Gen Y switching from cars to trains (Kiplinger's, Forbes, The Atlantic, Yahoo News, Ad Age, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, and more, October 2010)

*Rise of telework and virtual offices (TED Talk, Nov 2010)
*Gen Y in the workplace (Psychology Today, April 2014)
NOW they solve America's #1 economic and education problem with their boldest prediction of all.