Bruce Nussbaum thinks so, and I agree with him. Using a recent example from Britain's solution to the money crunch, Naussbaum points out that only new ideas will get any of us above water. There are no historical answers to our current financial crisis. It's similar to how the US has approached combat in Iraq. I remember hearing one of General Patraeus' first descriptions of the situation in Iraq as he took over as commander in 2007. He described the theater of engagement as if we were fighting the Germans in WWII, with definable boundaries, enemies, and goals. Without first aknowledging in both speech and practice the need for innovative approaches to fighting a war against an unknowable, uncountable enemy in undefined boundaries of engagement we can't even think about what reasonable solutions might be.
via BusinessWeek
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