I think the more general point out of this is how we view failed enterprise.
This country was going nowhere for years because there was no one to take a risk.
We then developed a culture of risk taking and had a golden period of 10 years where every young person coming out of school/college in the country (and many older ones who had been on the long term unemployment scrapheap) were given the opportunity to participate in the economic success of the country.
200,000 people who would otherwise have sat around scratching their asses on the dole were gainfully employed.
Now we've hit the wall because of our lack of imagination in persiting with building more an more houses.
Many people may curse the entrepreneurs who have led us through all of this but that is incredibly short sighted as:
A) It disregards a decade of economic success
B) It is not progressive to discourage enterprise
This country was going nowhere for years because there was no one to take a risk.
We then developed a culture of risk taking and had a golden period of 10 years where every young person coming out of school/college in the country (and many older ones who had been on the long term unemployment scrapheap) were given the opportunity to participate in the economic success of the country.
200,000 people who would otherwise have sat around scratching their asses on the dole were gainfully employed.
Now we've hit the wall because of our lack of imagination in persiting with building more an more houses.
Many people may curse the entrepreneurs who have led us through all of this but that is incredibly short sighted as:
A) It disregards a decade of economic success
B) It is not progressive to discourage enterprise