Monday, January 20, 2014

Dr. King's "Revolution of Values"



A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are called to play
the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.
  
                                                                          Martin Luther King

"IMF warns on threat of income inequality"

Financial Times:
The International Monetary Fund has highlighted the threat posed to the global economy by growing income inequality as the world’s business and political leaders prepare to head off to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.