Perhaps it’s really about character.

There was a time when we looked up to first world countries with all their creature comforts and modern gadgets. We dreamed, maybe secretly, about possessing the American dream - from its standard of education to its freeways, from its politics and mature democracy to its freedom of expression and ownership, from its consumer culture to their unabashed wealth. That was not too long ago really. But look at where we are now. How quickly times change!

These are times when major economies seem powerless to prevent their downward spiral and when the global financial crisis seem to have no immediate end in sight; when we wonder how we, as a country, would fare. Read More