"My guess is that good and bad parenting is spread fairly evenly across different social groups. But can you imagine Tony Blair lecturing the middle class on how to bring up their children? He is far more comfortable as a latter-day exponent of the Poor Law mentality."
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Martin Jacques is a renowned British author, journalist, and academic whose insights into global politics and culture have reshaped understanding of modern China. Born on June 9, 1945, Jacques has dedicated his career to exploring the complexities of East-West relations, particularly through his influential works like "When China Rules the World," which examines China's rise and its implications for the global order. His thought-provoking analyses and engaging narrative style have earned him a prominent place in contemporary discourse on globalization and cultural identity.
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"In my experience (I am the lone father of an eight-year-old boy who lost his mother when he was one year old), parenting is the most difficult of all jobs: forget your chief executives, editors, prime ministers and the like - parenting is far more challenging."
Martin Jacques
"The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline. The interregnum after the Cold War, far from being the prelude to a new American age, was bearing the signs of what is now very visible: the emergence of a multipolar world."
Martin Jacques