All these crises, so close together, have made the 2010s seem much longer than the two previous decades. In place of centrist politicians and steady economic growth, the 2010s have brought shocks, revolts and extremists. During the 2010s, the average life expectancy, which had been growing almost continuously for a century, stopped rising. For many people in Britain and beyond, the 2010s have been a bad time, with the promise of much worse to come. Yet to characterise the 2010s as one long crisis is too simple and bleak.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2019 06:00 UTC