That's the message that I came away with after listening to Time's Rana Foroohar interview economist Nouriel Roubini and geopolitics expert Ian Bremmer talk about global risk in the coming year.
There are major risks in China, in Russia, in Europe, in the Middle East, and in Nigeria.
Beyond just general terribleness, there are a few things to consider specifically:
The Global Economy
On the economy, Roubini said that he sees four major drivers of the global economy: the US, Europe, Japan, and China and other emerging market economies.
The only one of the four currently on the upswing is the US. However, it's questionable whether the American economy can distance itself from the rest of the world if there are economic headwinds everywhere else. The Federal Reserve's ending of quantitative easing (QE) hasn't hurt the US. But it has hurt emerging markets in the rest of the world..."
at http://www.businessinsider.com/roubini-bremmer-2015-outlook-2015-1#ixzz3OjPVQ2rq
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