By Madge Waggy
MadgeWaggy.blogspot.com
April 1, 2026
The Comfort of Appearances
In the middle of the third decade of the twenty-first century, economic life in much of the developed world appears, at least superficially, reassuringly normal. Wages are paid on time, markets continue to rise and fall in familiar rhythms, governments borrow without apparent difficulty, and central banks communicate with a tone of measured confidence.