CHAPTER 11
A Miracle to Be Preserved
We are faced with a hard truth, one we know and regularly tend to forget. No single world leader has ever had the capability to act alone to solve the world’s great problems. That statement is more true today than ever. Whether the issue is climate change, migration, public health, digital technology, or most obviously capital flows, most issues now require cooperative and global action. Our leaders no longer have a choice. They must face the hard truth that the people they govern are frustrated and confused at being threatened, forgotten, and overwhelmed by giant superstructures that don’t speak their language. They have been overtaken by a mechanism that seems disincarnate and as if it is operating on automatic ...
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