Forward to the Past

The Prime Minister would like us to:

"view the threats and challenges we face today as the difficult birth-pangs of a new global order - and our task now as nothing less than making the transition through a new internationalism to the benefits of an expanding global society"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk_politics/7850649.stm

So, think of your redundancy, or the loss of your home, as a difficult birth-pang.
Mr Brown, who presided as much as anyone over the Big Credit Bubble that got us in this fine mess, sees the solution as an 'expanding global society' - that is, another Big Credit Bubble.