QuoteBy now the aftershocks of the 20th century's great wars have faded. Top tax rates and union membership are down, communism is defunct, and globalization, however reviled, is (still) in full swing. The four levelling forces will not return any time soon
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/scheidel-great-leveler-inequality-violence/517164/
Small bandage: Basic income
Quotedata capturing the woes of the once well-heeled South American nation
http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/22/14688194/venezuela-crisis-study-food-shortage
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Another one to watch: Puerto Rico
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-see-painful-budget-measures-warns-federal-control-board-n724076