Community Is Like A Big Family.

Our Consumer-oriented Economy Wouldn't Survive Without Economic Growth. The Whole Mechanism Depends On Invention And Insinuation Of Novelties, Arousing New Wants, Seduction And Temptation. This Is The Problem We Face - Much More Than Recapitalizing The Banks. The Question Is: Is That Kind Of Economy Sustainable?

If You Look Back On The History Of The 20th Century, The 19th Century Or Even To The Ancien Régime Of The 18th, You Will See That First People Rebelled Against The Order Of The Things Because Of Lack Of Liberty, And Demanded More Freedom. And When They Got More Freedom, They Got Frightened, And They Desired More Security For A Change. After A While, They Started Complaining, Although More Secure, They Also Become More Dependent And Rule-bound.

We Have A Reversal Of A Longstanding Trend, From Rising Inequality Across Nations And Constant Or Declining Inequality Within Nations, To Declining Inequality Across Nations And Rising Inequality Within Them.

I Am Not A Prophet; I Cannot Predict What Will Happen.

We Are Always Confronted With Choice.