that we are an organisation that s taking these issues seriously. they also tell me that we re an organisation that is taking action to fight growing inequality, to tackle climate injustice, and are inspired by the vision of this global network for social change. you ve very neatly led me back to the big picture, which i know matters to you a great deal. it strikes me that, since you ve taken over leadership of oxfam, you have become a pretty politicised advocate for political and social change on a global scale. you have described your feelings sometimes as a desire to express constructive outrage. do you think outrage is a useful emotion to be expressing when you are actually trying to lead an organisation that is dealing with the day to day emergencies that represent people on the edge of survival? so what i ve discovered is that indignation, outrage, if you want to call it, has been. it was your phrase. ..hard wired into the dna of oxfam.
the idea that organisations like ours go cap in hand to beg for resources after disaster strikes was always problematic. it s increasingly nonsensical. we need a new way of pre positioning resources, particularly in the face of climate breakdown, for governments and societies and ngos to be able to respond or, betterstill, build resilience in societies to minimise the damage being done by humanitarian disasters. we need to reimagine the entire system. well, i ll bring you back to the entire system and the big picture in a moment, but i do want to get deep into your responsibilities, which is for running 0xfam gb, being a key member of the oxfam international network. when you took yourjob four years ago or so, you said, i promise you, the 0xfam of tomorrow is going to be unrecognisable. you talked about reimagining the way big ngos do aid. have you delivered? i think we are delivering. 0xfam today already looks very different than it did four years ago, and very different to differen
finally, if you thought american debt was worthless, think again. i ll explain. but first, here s my take. the american economy seems to have picked up. the dow jones industrial average is hovering around 13,000, the highest since the financial crisis began in may 2008. the nasdaq is actually at its highest level since the technology bubble burst more than a decade ago. now, stock prices around everything, but data from the economy on the ground is also slowly getting better. jobless claims are down. housing starts are up. things do seem to be getting better, slowly, as i said, but surely. this is all good news for president obama because there is a very strong correlation between economic growth and a president s prospects for re-election. the unemployment numbers are still pretty high, but they are also falling. also, many models suggest that unemployment is not the crucial statistic to determine whether a president will win re-election. most people, after all, are employ
finally, if you thought american debt was worthless, think again. i ll explain. first, here is my take. the american economy seems to have picked up. the dow jones industrial average is hovering around 13,000. the highest since the financial crisis began in may 2008. things do seem to be getting better. this is good news for president obama because there s a strong co-correlation between economic growth and a president s prospects for re-election. the unemployment numbers are still pretty high, but they are also falling. also, many models issing that unemployment is not the crucial statistic to determine whether a president will win re-election. most people after all are employed. it is the rise in per capita gdp. the average person s income rise that determines whether they feel things are getting better and, thus, whether they will vote for the incumbent or seek a change. so does that mean that the economy and the president are in good shape? well, they re in better shape t