Taking for granted… be wary
Taking for granted… be wary

Author(s): Donald Johnston
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Political history, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Geopolitics
Published by: Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije IFIMES
Keywords: OECD; public policy; politics; geopolitics;
Summary/Abstract: The title of these comments is inspired by my personal experience in important areas of public policy both as a politician beginning in the 1970s and more recently as Secretary General of the OECD from 1996 until 2006. That was a very important decade as it ushered in the period which some day we thought would be known as the beginning of globalization on a grand scale. When I took up my responsibilities in Paris at the end of May 1996 it was a time brimming with optimism about the great future ahead for our children and generations to follow! We were about to say goodbye to one of the most brutal and bloody centuries in human history. Physical human suffering was compounded by poverty and misery of hundreds of millions, especially in the developing world.

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