THE DAILY STAR :: Opinion :: Commentary :: From Tunisia to Wall Street: the globalization of protest

THE DAILY STAR :: Opinion :: Commentary :: From Tunisia to Wall Street: the globalization of protest: They are right that something is wrong about our “system.” Around the world, we have underutilized resources – people who want to work, machines that lie idle, buildings that are empty – and huge unmet needs: fighting poverty, promoting development, and retrofitting the economy for global warming, to name just a few. In America, after more than 7 million home foreclosures in recent years, we have empty homes and homeless people.