When the banking crisis first struck, in 2008, there was a short moment when we could have rethought much of how we all bring up our children and young people. It seemed so obvious to some of us that this was not just a financial crisis, but a moral crisis. Yes, the national budget was clearly shot to ribbons and the financial sector had clearly been deeply irresponsible.
But perhaps all of us should have carried some of the blame – the way in which collectively we have promoted growth as the ultimate end, the way in which we have allowed materialism and possessions to become the theme tunes everyone whistles.
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