In this bold and forward-looking book, an Israeli civic leader shows how reorienting our society to make the most of opportunity could restore the global economy to health and give added value to the contributions of the new class of knowledge workers. For most of us, opportunism is a tainted concept. Shraga F. Biran thinks otherwise. He shows that our present economy favors the wealthy few more than at any point in history. But such an economy is both unstable and outmoded, unable to recognize the true value of the work done by the new knowledge class, whose commerce is in ideas, not financial assets. This is why most of us have seen no real gains from the spectacular increases in paper wealth during the past three decades. Biran sees a transformative new way in Opportunism. In today s economy, he argues, the way to thrive is to create an opportunity and make the most of it. With great passion, he proposes that we as a society sho
Shraga F. Biran is the founder of one of Israel's leading law firms and an entrepreneur specializing in energy and international real estate. He lives in Tel Aviv.