Your Grandchildren And Their Children's Children will Bear The Brunt Of Our "Successes"

Ten years that shook, rattled, rolled and helped repair the world

We worried about tumult but stability came and major blows were struck against hunger, ignorance and want. Doug Saunders argues it was all worth it

Dec 25, 2009 10:58PM EST 66 35

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