Modest Price Hikes Lead to Major Protests

Protests on four continents leave questions about the state of the global economy

Michelle Klieger
Oct 28, 2019 · 3 min read
Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash

Newspapers from The Guardian to The South China Morning Post are talking about more and more protests around the world. The playbook for each event is very similar. First, there’s an event that seems small, but upsets a lot of people. In Hong Kong, it was an…

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