Here’s an outstanding article on the new world economy and its impact on our lives.
The title is: How the Internet is Making us poor
Actually it is making a few people fabulously wealthy, but the rest of us? Not so much.
Here the link:
http://qz.com/67323/how-the-internet-made-us-poor/
It is actually part of a series on the impact of technology on the economy, and the article contains links to the other articles.
It is my impression that the political instability we are experiencing both at home and around the world is the product of the changing world economy. These articles summarize some of those economic changes.