Day 1,756: ratchet

If so, that could ratchet geopolitical tensions even higher.

Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation

Artwork of the day 
Honorary Degree
Grant Wood
Date: 1938
Style: Regionalism
Genre: genre painting

Word of the day 
ratchet: to change an activity, amount, or feeling by degrees:

Quote of the day
“The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking