Speaking to an audience of more than 3,000 at the Applied Net conference in Las Vegas on October 20, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stressed the importance of critical thinking, not wishful thinking.
"Impatience is the enemy of an economic strategy," she said in her keynote address. "I worry that in today's wired world, panic will push aside prudence and long-term thinking will never get done."
Demographic and income shifts are creating friction, and widespread technology use adds to the voices to which governments must listen.
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