OF WEALTH • SKILLS ARE CONSTANTLY BECOMING OUTDATED • PRODUCTS AND LABOR ARE GLOBALIZED DUE TO TECHNOLOGY • PEOPLE ARE REPLACING NATURAL RESOURCES AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AS THE VALUE-ADDED ASSET • QUALITY OF LIFE ATTRACTS TALENT WHICH ATTRACTS JOBS • 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM RUSSIA, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, ITALY, SWEDEN, AND CANADA SCORE BETTER ON READING LITERACY THAN THE US - Boston College PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)