“Curious Cat,” a commenter on my article, Welcome to 2016! With Just a Touch of Mayhem, started out with this: "Wolf – I would feel a lot better about the world economy if I heard one positive thing from anyone other than “US consumers are continuing to spend” (until they can’t any more) and US folks are buying cars (on a trillion dollars of borrowed money). Does anyone have anything positive to say about the world economy other than it’s not as bad as we thought it might be?" Here’s my answer for Curious Cat: There is “one positive thing” in this economy – more than one, actually, but one sticks out. It’s a huge boom with a delicious product. Read more http://www.businessinsider.com/craft-beer-bright-spot-for-us-economy-2016-1
