Author(s):
Mark Anderson
This week, Mark Anderson makes predictions by following individual trends. Often, these threads are themselves composed of small stories on back pages that, on their own, are not of particular interest, but when stitched together, provide important new insights. Over time, this approach also reveals meta-level patterns, or what might be called patterns of patterns. This discussion examines many recent patterns, including ones that involve German banks, Chinese investors, and Venezuela.