That individual Nation State might go bust conceivably, municipal or shadow banks are having alleged solvency issues. ATLAS may have more potential. Growth rates of 6-8% are stalling, less trade happening and the Year of the Dog has been without bite. Social media crackdowns and problems seem recurring phenomena. Capital outflows curtailed, internalisation problems abound.
Mother America looks like Pax Americana in comparison but what comes up goes down and vice versa, who knows?
U.S., England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand look like the places in the world to invest, the whole world seems to gravitate to those places regardless of language, race, religion, gender, political persuasion, sexual orientation and those five have been the ATLAS IRON of the planet.
