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2019 Was a Year of Global Unrest, Spurred by Anger at Rising Inequality – and 2020 is Likely to be Worse (The Conversation, 7 min read) Conditions that spawned global unrest on every continent in 2019, are likely to worsen in the face of a slowing global economy and little sign of causes of disaffection being addressed. In 1950, there were only two mega-cities with populations of 10 million or more – the New York metropolitan area and Tokyo. Today, there are 25. The megacities overcrowding phenomena contributes to the anger of the masses that feel left out [Bearish EM]