Day 1,513: wobble, calamity

In the 2010s, every time the economy wobbled, officials defied predictions of calamity by cheapening credit, building infrastructure or stimulating the property market.

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Artwork of the day 
Jazz Band 'Wobbly Axis'
Kukryniksy
Original Title: Jazz-Band 'Wacklige Achse'
Date: 1942; Moscow, Russian Federation
Style: Socialist Realism
Genre: caricature

Word of the day 
wobble: to (cause something to) shake or move from side to side in a way that shows poor balance
calamity: a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering

Quote of the day
“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.”
― Steven Moffat