We need to build hope based on productive wealth creation: this is our biggest challenge

This is a world of despair, not hope. This extends well into the middle class, as consumer confidence surveys show. Per capita GDP continues to decline. As a consequence, social stability is becoming more at risk.
Building an economy with high-value jobs and sustained, productive growth will not happen overnight. It has to be a longer-term commitment and the benefits will take time to be realized, writes David Crane.

TORONTO—My local coffee house was broken into recently. Its glass entrance was smashed. But an open display of beer, wine, and spirits was largely ignored. The break-in seemed more an act of anger rather than a burglary. It seems this anger is all around us. There are more...

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