It really does “go without saying” that the world order is being reshaped before our eyes, and in ways we could not have imagined a couple of decades back. The changes reach across the whole area of human activity: social, political and economic. For my part, I am best equipped to comment on those within the framework of economics and their consequent impact on policy. As to the no less important social changes, these are, to my mind, better discussed in a context outside eco…
