Everything will go swimmingly soon. Or not.

Way too optimistic for me to take seriously.

Bring on the labour shortage, some younger members of the workforce might be thinking.

For years, we've heard about a pending shortage as the demographic powerhouse known as the baby-boomer generation retires. Experts lament the lost economic potential due as jobs go unfilled.

But for members of generation X -- 30-to-45-year-olds, who will essentially be running the show when boomers bow out -- there's a lot of upside to this.