[2019-01-25 07:41]
If you believe the Western media's portrayals, you might assume the biggest stories are Brexit, the government shutdown in the United States, Japan's "hostage justice system", ferment in Europe, the concentration of wealth in the age of globalization (the top 26 billionaires own $1.3 trillion; as much as 3.8 billion other people) and the feared economic slowdown in China in the wake of trade tensions with the US. But, are they? I'd argue they aren't (gloom and doom isn't my favorite theme).