LOG BOOK: Be prepared, be very prepared

«Be prepared, be very prepared

Recognising the political shortcomings of globalisation should redouble Western liberals’ determination to defend it: to close the gap in the right way. That involves a myriad of things, from promoting human rights to designing better jobs policies. But it also requires defending the enormous benefits that capitalism has brought the world since 1989 more forcefully than the West’s leaders have done thus far. And above all perhaps, taking nothing for granted.»

[So much gained, so much to lose, Nov 5th 2009, The Economist print edition]