Was there ever any easy answers?

Tammy Ericsson writes on Harvard’s DiscussionLeader about the leadership qualifications of the next US president. Interesting stuff. However one thing stood out:

Future leaders in all spheres will have to contend with an environment that is complex in many dimensions - a world with finite limits, no easy answers, and the sobering realization that we are facing significant, seemingly intractable problems on multiple fronts.

I think this is both true and false. Yes, the world is a complex place. But to think that there was ever a time for easy answers seems wrong to me. What there was was a time to PRETEND that there were easy answers and forcing those on the rest of us. THAT time is long gone.