{"id":24917,"date":"2016-10-19T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=24917"},"modified":"2016-10-19T10:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T14:00:22","slug":"the-globalist-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=24917","title":{"rendered":"The Globalist Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2013:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What has been made clear by current events and financial upheavals since 2008 is that the global economy has become truly that -- global.<\/p>\n<p>The near meltdown we experienced a few years ago made it clear that our economic health depended on dependence on each other to do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>We are now closer to having an economic community in the best sense of the term -- we work with each other for the benefit of all.I think we've all become aware of the fact that our cultures and economics are intertwined. It's a complex mosaic that cannot be approached with a simple formula for the correct pattern to emerge. In many ways, we are in unchartered waters.<\/p>\n<p>The good news, in one respect, is that what is done affects us all. There won't be any winners or losers as this is not a competition. It's a time for working together for the best of all involved. Never before has the phrase \"we're all in this together\" had more resonance or relevance.<\/p>\n<p>My concern is that the negligence of a few will adversely affect the majority. I've long been a believer in the \"look at the solution, not the problem\" theory. <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/01\/22\/business\/opinion-donald-trump-europe\/index.html\">In this case, the solution is clear. We will have to leave borders behind and go for global unity when it comes to financial stability.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2013: What has been made clear by current events and financial upheavals since 2008 is that the global economy has become truly that -- global. The near meltdown we experienced a few years ago made it clear that our economic health depended on dependence on each other to do the right thing. We are now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24918,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24917\/revisions\/24918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}