I don't trust predictions. As I am one of the latter, here are some general principles I firmly believe will govern the ongoing slide from calamity into utter disaster, a few attributed to sources not responsible for my gloomy use of them. Oh, and have a nice 21st century. If you want peace, prepare for war. The only effective trade policy is unilateral free trade.
Socialism causes bad weather, and then the harvest fails.
Sven Rydenfelt 4. Secure property rights are, through some unexplained coincidence, always found where there is prosperity. Every government not shrinking dramatically is growing inexorably. Nations that claim to be your enemies are absolutely serious. Nations that claim to be your friends are really only kidding.