Macquarie: 2018 “Eerily Similar” To Era Right Before WWII

The current geopolitical environment is “eerily similar” to the one that the world faced in the mid to late 1930s, according to a new research note from analysts at Macquarie. Over the past few years, the world has witnessed the election and re-election of some “highly charged national advocates” in various states around the world. On one side of the world, Donald Trump swept to power off the back of his ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan, while on the other side, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have retained their iron grip on Russia’s and China’s political landscape. Meanwhile, between these…