You guys are kidding yourselfs if you think were going back to the late 80's style boom in the next few years in the mature western markets such as the UK, Euroland and the North America continent.
The growth will still come from emerging markets. However it will be difficult for mature market citizens to obtain the necessary work visas once the emerging market's own training infrastructure comes fully online.
You wanabies also seem to ignore how increasing oil prices over the next decade will greatly help the emerging markets while crippling mature ones.
Maybe its time for you wanabies to start focusing on how to gain residency in an emerging market, instead of chasing the past by looking constantly in the rear view mirror of whats already happend in a mature market.