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Sadly, the Kerner Commission report’s most famous line – “Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white – separate and unequal” – still rings true.
Designed to secure the legitimacy of the Saudi monarchy at home, it is indoctrinating young Western Muslims with values antithetical to open and free societies.
The societies of the Americas were forged by European conquests of indigenous populations, and by the racial and ethnic divisions that followed.
Almost everywhere, these surviving indigenous populations became subservient members of European-led societies.
While European societies have developed social welfare states with universal access to public health and education services, elites throughout the Americas have tended to favor private-sector provision of health and education, in part reflecting white populations’ unwillingness to pay for social services for other ethnic and racial groups.
In the longer term, the spread of democracy in Latin America promises not only fairer societies, but also economically more dynamic societies, through increased public investments in health, education, and job skills.
Meanwhile, excessive income and wealth inequalities are weakening the fabric of societies; persistent joblessness in advanced countries is undermining productivity and skills; policy effectiveness and flexibility are deteriorating; and the world economy is facing increasing challenges in accommodating the development breakout phase in systemically important emerging economies.
Our societies urgently need more investment, particularly to convert heavily polluting, energy-intensive, and high-carbon production into sustainable economies based on the efficient use of natural resources and a shift to low-carbon energy sources.
But just when our societies should be making such investments, the public sectors in the US and Europe are on a veritable “investment strike.”
Cyber threats and potential cyber warfare illustrate the increased vulnerabilities and loss of control in modern societies.
Policies of "multiculturalism", despite scholarly acrobatics, held out a genuine promise of liberal, plural societies.
If we want to prevent our societies from being lured onto the rocks by the siren song of charisma and nostalgia, we must make a strong case for the rule of law, while rejecting rigidity.
Their choice of name is an ironic one, for Taliban, an Arabic word, means those seeking to be educated, whereas the Taliban’s principal aim is to keep Muslim societies backward so that they can be persuaded to adopt a seventh-century version of Islam.
Neoliberal economics has reached a breaking point, causing the traditional left-right political divide to be replaced by a different split: between those seeking forms of growth that are less inclined toward extreme concentration and those who want to end concentration by closing open markets and societies.
Today, like in the twentieth century, nationalism is tearing societies apart and dividing erstwhile allies, by fueling antagonism toward the “other” and justifying physical and legal protectionist barriers.
There are few, if any, examples of high-cost post-industrial societies reviving their manufacturing sector on a large scale once it has declined.
In many pre-industrial societies, for example, control over the state was the best way to assure wealth.
So am I, and the question Gates raises goes to the heart of the relationship between business and government in solving our societies’ toughest problems, from ensuring the planet’s continued habitability to fostering stable and inclusive economic growth.
They work actively to develop a different image of Islam – an Islam compatible with modern human achievements, including democracy, human rights, and vibrant civil societies.
It also demands sustained political leadership focused on ending conflicts and building inclusive societies in refugees’ home countries.
In all societies it is social capital that lubricates economic and social life; it is social capital that creates a climate of cooperation in which problems -- social, political or economic -- can be tackled and solved.
Comparative epidemiologists have repeatedly noticed something remarkable about these illnesses: only Western countries (or, more precisely, societies with monotheistic traditions) – particularly prosperous Western countries – are subject to prevalence rates of this magnitude.
As I argue in my recent book Mind, Modernity, Madness, the reason for high concentrations of severe mental illness in the developed West lies in the very nature of Western societies.
The “virus” of depression and schizophrenia, including their milder forms, is cultural in origin: the embarrassment of choices that these societies offer in terms of self-definition and personal identity leaves many of their members disoriented and adrift.
In capitalist societies, the high price tag associated with these new ways to extend life means that the poor and even the middle class can be excluded from important new benefits.
But the welfare states' experience with extending life creates its own ethical problems that may be even more serious than those in more market-oriented societies.
Critics of market-driven health care say that such changes would lead societies back to the bad old days of unequal access to health care of all sorts, not just to these new life extending technologies.
But Musharraf is no Gorbachev, nor is he Kamal Ataturk, who pushed internal reform on their societies after recognizing the rot within.
In place of today’s indifference and sometimes outright hostility, we must create conditions that will nurture scientific research and restore the central position of science in the culture of Western societies.
Uneducated, they could become an unprecedented burden as their societies age.
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