Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. Heck, we’re not even on the map.

In case you haven’t noticed, things are starting to get crazy out there. Not just economically (with another global contraction already well under way) or financially (with teetering European banks leading global stocks into volatile territory) or monetarily (with the global currency war reaching a rate-slashing crescendo) or geopolitically (with new Iranian/Iraqi/Russian cooperation in Syria throwing the NATO powers off balance), but even socially (with a sea change taking place in the American electorate, not to mention Europe, Latin America and elsewhere).

Let’s take a look at three stories that demonstrate how this craziness isn’t just a bit of turbulence but a sign that we’re moving into a new paradigm altogether.

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