The ‘Western’ Spring: Has it arrived?

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The year 2011 marked the ‘Arab Spring,’ triggered by underlying socio, political and economic reasons.

Judging by the ongoing protests on Wall Street and in Athens, could this be the start of the ‘spring’ in the USA and Europe?

Interestingly, the protests in the USA are over Wall Street and could this signal an uprising against what is perceived as the unfair/discriminatory

practices of capital markets and its contribution to the rich-poor divide?

Is it time to re-visit the models of capitalism and free markets?

Is the North Atlantic poised for a short winter this year?!