In uniquely uncertain times, Americans 'just don't seem to want to face our problems,' warns former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin
. From his office at the Council on Foreign Relations in Manhattan, where he serves as chairman emeritus, he rattles off a list of challenges facing the U.S.: friction with China and Russia, Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, rising economic inequality and the “existential threat” of climate change. As for American politics, he describes it as “about as dysfunctional as it has ever been in my lifetime.
Even more troubling, Mr. Rubin, 84, suggests that our collective ability to make sound decisions is getting worse. “Too many people—and too many of our institutions—have responded by rushing toward absolutes and simplistic answers,” he warns in a new book, “The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World,” out May 16.
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