Quote from: pooya87 on Today at 08:06:09 AM

The saddest part is that all these crisis have a simple solution, for EU countries to start regaining their independence and to normalize their relations with the Eastern Bloc while NATO stops expanding eastward and promises to stop escalating.
For now US orders them to jump and Europeans ask how high.

Obviously they don't seem to want to do that so things are going to continue getting worse. Energy crisis, Economic crisis, Food crisis, Drug wars and looming threat of nuclear annihilation is going to be the "new normal".

As the situation stands, I don't think it will happen, but provided we don't all die in a nuclear holocaust, I think Europe will lose a lot, as you say.

Quote from: NeuroticFish on Today at 08:07:23 AM

1. You've come with quite a number of topics. While it can be indeed the big picture on the recession that may be about to start, it can attract a lot of trolls, especially on the last point.

I don't think so, but if so, depending on what they write, I will report them. Genuine trolls are usually on the P&S board.

Quote from: stompix on Today at 09:18:50 AM

It reminds me of the zerohedge titles through the years:

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The Elephant In The Room: Deutsche Bank's $75 Trillion In Derivatives Is 20 Times Greater Than German GDP
NY Fed Slams Deutsche Bank (And Its €55 Trillion In Derivatives): Accuses It Of "Significant Operational Risk"
Investigating Deutsche Bank’s €21 Trillion Derivative Casino In Wake Of Admission It Rigged Gold And Silver

Ten years later, DB is still there but it's going to die again, cause.. Grin

things

Talk of a possible Lehman bankruptcy or a real estate bubble bursting also provoked laughter not so long ago. Do I remind you how that turned out?

On the other hand, DB has lost 75% of its stock market value in the last 10 years. A sign that it is not very buoyant despite having had a free bar from the ECB.

Quote from: Lucius on Today at 02:11:43 PM

I will only say that there are so many problems that it is very easy to create a narrative that something very bad will happen, and I will say that nothing will have such devastating consequences as the use of nuclear weapons by Russia.

Agree. If the situation escalates, you never know how it might end, and escalating with atomic bombs can make worries about the economy a trifle.

Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on Today at 02:22:06 PM

We all clamor for a perfect world with a perfect economy, but unfortunately, there will never be a world as such, not while we have greedy and selfish people heading the affairs of the world.

I agree. There are many political systems that in theory work perfectly. It is when humans go on to try to implement them that they fail. All of them. Every time. Because we are imperfect.