The majority of countries rated triple A by Standard and Poors are small, social democracies like Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway or liberal-ish, market economies like Hong Kong, Singapore and Switzerland – all with populations of five to eight million people – or large federal nations like Germany, Canada and Australia with genuinely devolved governance. In the rest of Europe its normal to have close neighbours, land borders, several languages, ultra- local tax-raising and many ways of doing things. So business, people and governments have learned to respect diversity. Sadly for Britain, the dominance of the English language and the barrier of the North Sea have allowed us to sail into the cul-de-sac of Splendid Isolation – a mono-culture where only one language, one government, one way of doing things and one master – the profit motive – is thought viable. newsnetscotland/index.php/scottish-opinion/8842-big-business-and-its-warnings-of-a-yes-armageddon
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 23:25:06 +0000
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