Ten reasons why a 'Greater Depression' for the 2020s is inevitable

Optimism isn't Nouriel Roubini's stock-in trade judging by this piece in the Guardian.

He predicts a sizeable economic depression, even bigger than the one associated with the global financial crisis.

Why? He identifies a number of factors: rising levels of debt, both public and private sector; demographic change, and ageing populations; deflation; currency debasement; digital disruption, de-globalisation; tensions within democracies; the ongoing China-US standoff; environmental disruption.

It's worth reading! Although you might not agree with all of this.