JUST FIX IT !!!!!

JUST FIX IT!!!!!!!
Who can't remember the Saturday Night live skit depicting a wild eyed worried black man posing as A FINANCIAL EXPERT being interviewed about the finacial calamaty of late 2008 (or at least that is when the collapse occured from decisions made much earlier)? The interviewer was asking what should be done about this crisis and the only answer the expert could give "was just fix it!".

Many a truth is said in jest as his answer was a hyperbole (exaggeration for effect) of the easy answer we all want for complex problems without regard for details or facts as to how we got in this mess or what a real solution would entail. (Sacrifice ,taking resposibility for actions or in some cases inaction, timeline in how long this took to happen and how long the cure will take to make an impact.
This has me reading no shortage of articles ,books ,blogs ,web pages etc. I have also been actively asking friends ,businesspersons, customers and others how they interpret what they see from different perspectives and how they forecast the future.
Again there is no shortage of prognosticaters and endless viewpoints on outcome and duration of current economic issues.
Sorry to disapoint you but no conclusive answers are found here. My objective is to try to find the common ground or cocentric circles in the many views and develop clarity as to scope and impact on many industries , world economies and ultimately personal lives.
On the personal lives point we all know people who have been devastated in the short term and who are still proccessing what all this really means. For sure this is "A GAME CHANGER" and "EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT NOW"
I could (and will later) quote the Bible and it's many teachings on money mainly from the richest man that ever lived, Solomon who wrote ecclesiastes and many proverbs or Jesus emphasis on what we treasure most or warnings from James on uncertainty of wealth but these are readily available for your reading.
One of the things that has come from an article in "World Magazine" is the first question that has to asked . What is your world view?????
I will use an exerpt and direct quotes to get to the crux here from 1-13-2009 article under personal finance titled "SANE READING" Here goes........
"The famous British economist, John Maynard Keynes, wrote that "the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."
Lord Keynes was right about this much-economic theory has far more of a practical impact on our lives than most of us realize. When setting fiscal policy, guiding monetary policy, and modifying financial regulations, policymakers and politicians are fundamentally guided by an IDEOLOGY. In the current enviroment there is a lot of debate over what economic theories and financial philosophies are best suited to guide policymakers."
The article goes on to list books for policymakers and readers to help navigate present economic storm. I wont list all but for most of us not swimming in the deep end he list "CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM" by Milton Freidmon. I paraphase his assesment of dangers of collectivism ( think globilization , think socialism) and the problems it poses and the THREAT TO LIBERTY IT REPRESENTS.

There is a book by Larry Bates titled " The New Economic Disorder" which is a more extreme (in my view ) but not unrealistic explanation of the new world order being formed through monetary policy . Not a mental leap if you look at all the efforts to find a GLOBAL SOLUTION which would marginalize US influence and soveriegnty. In the past we would and have resisted losing this control but when the well dramatized attitude is "JUST FIX IT" We may make deal now we will reget later. This FIX would include a one world currency and tax sytem that would make us all equal (sound familier comrad?) equally poor that is . No class war here just a few elite and the rest of us worker bees.

There are other books also Here are two from the Christian Stanards January 2009 special issue" From My Book Shelf Section" ......" The World Is Curved" by David M. Smick on the stands Sempteber 2008 (well timed release) before the headlines of doom. A responce in part to Thomas Friedman (The World Is Flat) how Globalization has flattened (or equalized) our world we forget at our own peril we can not see around the bend or over the curve of the earth (the future) The one observation of this Chaos is that when all is said and done what we really have is a crisis of confidence or trust which is all LIQUIDITY ever was or will be. what ever happened to in "GOD WE TRUST" ? So what is a new president to do ? What are we to do?
The other Book mentioned is by Bob Roberts Jr. titled Glocalization :How folowers of Jesus engage a flat world, also borrows from Freidman, not explain , but to Call for a new mission stategy when you put together local and global. Deals more with the social issues of justice ,mercy, and compassion the antithesis of the GREED that got us into this mess. This Book sees the opportunity to infect world with love of Christ and guide people to clarity in chaos.


"NEVER WASTE A GOOD CRISIS!"

I wish I could take credit for that one but a writer for the Tulsa World opened his editorial with that statement from history. We can be sure of this...." this will be a time of sweeping changes that will give policy makers more power and oppourtunity than they have had in a long time if ever and we must be vigilant not to give up our birthright for a cup of soup now. "JUST FIX IT"

Out of time for now much more to come .

Your views? Please enrich us with your perspectives and comments and readings. (Thats how this whole blog thing works best you know!)