re: financial services -
already a number of financial services are being outsourced to India
such as accounting etc. so I wouldnt count on it.

read Jared Diamonds Collapse, it has a lot to say about sustainability,
right now the way the whole western world standard of living is not sustainable.

our economy is based on constant growth - ie if youre not growing
its bad, at the same time the system does not account for 'externalities' ie. overfishing, deforestation, pollution of water and air, not to mention green house gases.