Day 1,857: adverse, crow

The countries that are sitting out today’s stockmarket boom offer cautionary tales about the consequences of adverse politics and disruptions to trade.

Despite increasing admiration in the West for Chinese state capitalism and crowing in Beijing about turbulence in America, China’s recent economic growth has been disappointing.

Euphoric markets are ignoring growing political risks

Artwork of the day 
Under the Burden of Adversity
Teodor_Axentowicz
Date: 1938
Style: Art Nouveau (Modern)
Genre: symbolic painting

Word of the day 
adverse: having a negative or harmful effect on something:
crow: to talk in a proud and annoying way, often because you have succeeded and other peoplehave failed:

Quote of the day
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”

― Walt Disney Company, Mulan