The U.S. labor market showed mixed signals in June, the investment world is increasingly focused on geopolitical risks, and Europe's militaries are facing significant personnel shortages
"This marks a departure from recent decades, when globalization typically led to reduced prices and risk across markets."
Forecasting the future has become harder due to potential disruptions such as attacks on shipping routes, suppliers being cut off, or sanctions being imposed. Globalization has changed from a distribution of vendors, to a specialization in certain regions that have become the sole suppliers of key materials.
There's a shortage of young men in most of Europe which is leading to big decreases in militaries size.
On the plus side, a society with less young people tends to go to war less. Having only a few children, loosing them to war stings more and societies like this don't put up with the sacrifice for long.
"This marks a departure from recent decades, when globalization typically led to reduced prices and risk across markets."
Forecasting the future has become harder due to potential disruptions such as attacks on shipping routes, suppliers being cut off, or sanctions being imposed. Globalization has changed from a distribution of vendors, to a specialization in certain regions that have become the sole suppliers of key materials.
There's a shortage of young men in most of Europe which is leading to big decreases in militaries size.
On the plus side, a society with less young people tends to go to war less. Having only a few children, loosing them to war stings more and societies like this don't put up with the sacrifice for long.