Right Wisdom

The Eighties! The decade of MTV, big hair, leg warmers, Rubik's cube and Pac Man. It was a decade that saw great prosperity after the energy crisis of the late seventies. It also saw a time of change in the world of business. Many companies went multinational and started to relocate or open new facilities in China, Malaysia, Mexico and South Korea, to name a few. It also brought us an actor turned President, Ronald Reagan who coined a famous quote "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall". That quote was given at the Brandenberg gate in 1987. In November of 1989 the Belin Wall fell and East Germany was now free from Communism. The Eighties was not without trouble. This was the decade that saw the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that sent a panic of nuclear proportions throughout the globe. This decade also saw the space shuttle challenger blow up shortly after lift off. Shutting down the space program during the investigation. However, the space shuttle program didn't end, ...