Neil Howe: Crisis Looms Now That The Fourth Turning Is Here (Part 1):

It's said that history unfolds in cycles.

That civilizations and societies boom, bust and rise anew to repeat the pattern -- a pattern that is surprisingly predictable in both its timing and trajectory.

Today's guest expert is demographer Neil Howe, co-author of the book The Fourth Turning, a seminal work in which he and his fellow researcher William Strauss laid out the evidence for these "seasons" of societal change that they referred to as "turnings".

When that book first came out in 1997, Howe & Strauss warned that the next societal "winter" -- the next "4th turning" to use their label -- would begin early on in the new millennium.

Neil Howe: A 'Very Challenging' Time For Preserving Wealth Lies Ahead (Part 2):

Respected demographer and New York Times best-selling author Neil Howe returns for Part 2 of our interview with him discussing the key themes of his new book "The Fourth Turning Is Here", in which he forecasts a future of economic recession, inflation, volatility and instability in the financial markets.

Here in Part 2, Neil focuses on what to expect from the new saeculum that will emerge from the turmoil of the current Fourth Turning we're living through right now. What reforms, social norms and economic models will the new future be built on?