Parliaments are fragile and Constitutional Republics are strong, what happens when backward looking institutions don't keep apace with society.

Companies opnely promote those into incompetence.
https://voxeu.org/article/promotions-and-peter-principle

Euro, China & US media class cheerlead for a recession; US isn't a contributor.

History, emerging markets & poor domestic governance are responsible.

What does it mean that the yuan moves past a ratio of 7:1 US dollars?

Bojo has 4 great Trump like qualities that can seal a Brexit deal favorable to English sovereignty.

China's OBOR initiaive seeks to dump excess domestic capacity abroad.

The rejection of any religious foundation for culture has ushered in militant secularism unabated.

The rebalancing of China's political economy toward tax based consumption has begun.

Weak African nation states are running out of options to confront/contain Islamism.