The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) presents the world with fundamental challenges. Modern history has shown that in times of acute challenge existing socio-political and financial systems often require fundamental reform and/or adaptation. For example Russia in 1917 as on course to adapt, but did not, thereby allowing a strident minority to impose its ideological framework on that nation.

Education should always be a central focus in relation to social democratic formation because access to education is a great equalizer, which can help people, regardless of their socio-economic background to use their talents.