I think national bankruptcy is a whole lot closer than most people realize. Economics is subject to financial instruments and the governments will continue to pull rabbits out of hats as they all stand to lose if consumers stop consuming.

What bothers me most of all is that increasingly, the corportations are turning to slave labor to keep the profit margin intact. This means that ultimately global society shall be in one of two camps: the enslaved and the consumers.

It's appalling that that is what we are fast becoming.