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“2016”

In: Many Possible Worlds

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  • Cameron Gordon

    (Australian National University)

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It is dangerous to put too much importance on the events of a single year. Many “historic” things have come and gone that in hindsight end up not being as significant as they appeared at the time; or they ended up being important in ways quite different than thought at the time. The exact times that events take place are generally due to historical accident, and the really crucial times are often the antecedents of such events, or their after-effects. Still, some years do stand out in historical significance, e.g. 1789, 1815, 1914, and 1929, to name a few. Whether 2016 will be numbered amongst these remains to be seen. In some ways longer term trends of increasing income and wealth inequality and political and social conflict in the developed world continued, though in intensified form. In other ways, specific shocks, such as the election of Donald Trump as US President, were seen as breaks with past patterns. It is still too soon to make definitive judgements but 2016 certainly does stand out as an eventful year.

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  • Cameron Gordon, 2023. "“2016”," Springer Books, in: Many Possible Worlds, chapter 0, pages 847-873, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-19-9281-0_30
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9281-0_30
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