49 “Literature is news that stays news.” — EZRA POUND PLEASE NOTE: All the news articles listed in this section can be accessed by going to the online version of this Wrap Up at: www. Solari.com then use the search function to locate the items. Trends We Track “The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.” —EMILY GREENE BALCH E very day, we post links to stories in our News Trends & Stories section. Analyz- ing this flow provides intelligence about the deeper news. Here are the trends we are tracking for 1st Quarter 2018. ECONOMY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS I. Global 2.0: From Slow Burn to Budget Hot Potato A. Controlled Demolitions Accelerate • Pension Funds • Entitlements • Bankruptcies • Shrinking Retail B. Currency Wars • War on Cash • Cryptocurrency • Precious Metals C. The Debt Growth Model is Dying • Bonds and Interest Rates • Equity Public and Private • Commodities • US Dollar • U.S. Budget Hot & Missing Money • Transition from Quantitative Easing • Inflation and Deflation • Land & Real Estate Ownership • State and Local Finances D. Financial Control E. Tax Wars & Offshore Havens F. Impact of Environmental Risks and Debasement II. Global 3.0 Rising A. Amazoned B. Automation C. 5G is Coming D. Surveillance Capitalism E. Reshoring to North America F. Global Purges G. Emerging and Evolving AI III. How Will Investors Handle the Transition? IV. Inside the Pressure Cooker: Will We Expand or Shrink the Pie? A. Return on Investment to Taxpayers: Will It Turn Positive Or More Nega- tive? B. Response to Missing Money C. Piratization: Could the Rape of Russia Happen Here? A Domestic Phoenix Program? D. Fires and False Flags E. Equity Creation: Greater than Con- trolled Demolitions? Ezra Pound photographed in 1913 by Alvin Langdon Coburn / Wikipedia