At The Most Basic Level,

If You Have A Lot Of Short-term Debt, It Means That All Of That Money Can Be Demanded In A Very Short Period Of Time. Technically, Short-term Debt Means Money That's Coming Due Within A Year. Typically, It Means Money That's Coming Due Within 30 To 90 Days.

Extreme Poverty Is The Best Breeding Ground On Earth For Disease, Political Instability, And Terrorism.

The Idea That The Un System Could Provide Real Leadership On The Great Development Challenges Will Strain Credulity In Some Quarters.

In Asia, A Lot Of Successful Economies That Had Been Living On Their Own Saving, Decided To Open Up Their Financial Markets To International Capital In The Early 1990s. So Here Were Countries Doing Quite Well, But They Decided To Borrow A Bit More And Do Even Better.

Tax The Rich. End The Wars. Break The Power Of Lobbies In Washington. These Are The Demands Of Occupy Wall Street. They Are Very Important. The Us Corporations Dominate Washington. The Big Oil Companies, Wall Street Banks And The Military-industrial Complex - They Rule This Country And Their Influence And Power Has To Be Broken.