The Inconvenient Truth with Ing. Professor Douglas K. Boateng: Are we governing a future we have already decided not to visit?
Why nations, boards and households that plan only for the next election, the next earnings call or the next payday are quietly signing away the inheritance of a generation that has not yet been born
The question history is quietly asking History does not rush. It rarely applauds a government, a boardroom or a generation on the day a decision is made. It waits to see whether today's celebrated choice becomes tomorrow's triumph or tomorrow's regret, asking a question no election result or quarterly report can answer honestly.
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