From time to time its is a good idea to stand back and ask how where we got to where we are. One of the disturbing aspects of the crisis in the Eurozone is that there has been far too little ‘time out’ to think. Some of the difficulties that we are experiencing lie in the foundation of the Eurozone itself. Other problems undoubtedly stem from the way individual member states have chosen to do their business.

Women do over 60 per cent of the work (including non paid work) in the world. Half of the food is produced by women, but they own only 2 per cent of the land. What comes to the salaries, the situation is not better. Women's share of the total salary is only 10 per cent. Of all the illiterates, two thirds are women. That is  waste of human resources.