Doug Poretz

Global Markets in Review: Economy, Markets

Great analysis. But I am waiting for another analysis that I believe is more important and more alarming. How about an analysis of how close we are to the conditions that existed in France prior to the French Revolution? How about economic riots in Eastern Europe? How about protest marches in Japan by the "temp" workers who are losing their housing? How about the large and broad disatisfaction of the middle class? How about the increasing antagonistic divisiveness of hardsh language of class vs class? How would such a revolutiuon occur in the Internet age? Shouldn't we be worried about the prospects of a global economic class revolution where a new type of community can be created on line without regard for time, language., geography or other borders, requiring little money and some basic social media skills? I think it's time to start worrying about much more than an economic crisis -- as dire as that may be, it pales in comparison to what MIGHT be