| The strains of a global economy mired in a low growth, lowinflation and low interest rate regime are starting to show. Populist, anti-establishment and anti-globalisation sentiment is on the rise across the developed markets. If this leads to a marked deterioration in the quality of economic decision making, it could spell the end of a seven-year period of growth — however weak — for the global economy.
But there are alternative possibilities: a new wave of insurgent politicians could shake things up for the better; or incumbent politicians and central bankers could raise their game and deal with economic headwinds once and for all.............................................Full Article: Source
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