Day 1,290: distress

It is proving hard to rescue countries in debt distress, such as Sri Lanka, because of obstruction by China, a big creditor.

The destructive new logic that threatens globalisation

Artwork of the day 
Charity relieving Distress
Thomas Gainsborough
Style: Rococo
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas

Word of the day 
distress: a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain

Quote of the day
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations