"Just as an obsession with ‘growth’ has left a moral vacuum at the heart of some modern nations, so..."

“Just as an obsession with ‘growth’ has left a moral vacuum at the heart of some modern nations, so the abstract, materialist quality of the idea of Europe is proving insufficient to legitimate its own institutions and retain popular confidence,” wrote Mr. Judt, who died in 2010.”

- Tony Judt, A Grand Illusion?, cited in Britain’s Flight Signals End of an Era of Transnational Optimism

from Stowe Boyd http://www.stoweboyd.com/post/146451132457