Source: NPR's Talk of the Nation
While the attacks of September 11, 2001 scarred the U.S. deeply, the current financial crisis may prove to have more lasting ramifications than 9/11. As David Rothkopf explains, historians are more likely to see the current economic crisis as a true global watershed, marking the end of a neoliberal era in which politicians were content to “leave it to the markets.” As this era abruptly ends, the government must step in and play a larger role in the next era of economic policy, and we need leaders who can tackle this challenge.
As the country struggles to define a new American capitalism, it must also recognize that the global implications of the crisis are deepening day by day. In searching for solutions, the real problem will be figuring out how to regulate global markets, which are beyond the reach of a single national government. We must “re-think government from the bottom-up” and begin to create effective global mechanisms for governance, in order to avoid further catastrophe and lessen the inequalities created by laissez-faire capitalism.
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