Leaks And Whispers Are A Daily Routine

Democracy Begins In Human Conversation. A Democratic Conversation Does Not Require Elaborate Rules Of Procedure Or Utopian Notions Of Perfect Consensus. What It Does Require Is A Spirit Of Mutual Respect-people Conversing Critically With One Another In An Atmosphere Of Honesty And Shared Regard.

The Regime Of Globalization Promotes An Unfettered Marketplace As The Dynamic Instrument Organizing International Relations.

Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others. Everyone's Sense Of Virtue Is Degraded By The Present Reality. A Revolutionary Principle Is Embedded In The Global Economic System, Awaiting Broader Recognition: Human Dignity Is Indivisible. Across The Distances Of Culture And Nations, Across Vast Gulfs Of Wealth And Poverty, Even The Least Among Us Are Entitled To Dignity, And No Justification Exists Or Brutalizing Them In The Pursuit Of Commerce.

Folks In The Bottom Half Of The Economy Are Already Squeezed Hard. They Will Be Bloodied And Bankrupt If Economic Policy Inadvertently Induces A Recession.

The Brilliant Creative Core Of Capitalism ... Is The Story The Entrepreneurs And Capital Investors Tell Themselves About The Future. How They Intend To Alter It, What They Expect To Gain In Return, Where They Will Raise The Capital To Accomplish Their Vision. Many Of Their Stories Turn Out To Be Flawed Or Mistaken, Of Course, But The Capacity To Envision A Set Of Future Events And Then Act To Fulfill Them Is A Central Source Of Capitalism's Strength And Its Dominance Of Society.