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		piiswrong on Jan 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? 1. Next economic crisis will break down world financial order because interest rates cannot be lowered and QE is no longer effective. 2. Total meltdown of social & political order in middle east and latin america. EU and US face larger refugee floods like never seen before. 3. European Union dissolves. 4. Internet sovereignty becomes a common claim and at least one of FANNG will pull out of Europe and India

mxschumacher on Jan 3, 2020 [–]

I'll eat my hat if the EU dissolves. Seems extremely unlikely to me.

tonyedgecombe on Jan 3, 2020 | [–]

Brexit seems to have killed that idea, probably for at least a decade. Britain won't rejoin but it will end up in a BRINO (Brexit in name only) type relationship by the end of the decade simply because the economic arguments will be overwhelming.

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