Household debt is at its highest level since 2006, according to the Bank of England. Recently, people in the UK have been spending like crazy.The post-Brexit vote shopping spree is rolling on and growing (though Britain hasn't even left the EU - that will cause its own crisis) but it has largely been supported by borrowing, much of it on credit cards. Many economist were worried that the UK would drop straight into a recession after the vote. Instead people have been shopping like crazy: like there is no tomorrow, which seems to be the mood of the country at the moment.
And it's the mood elsewhere as well. As other countries note the surprising success of Brexit and Trump - as the far-right in parts of Europe mobilise - there is a kind of paralysis in the centre ground. The middle-classes who didn't vote to leave the EU or were supporters of Hilary Clinton are left in a strange place where they can protest on the streets or raise complaints with their ineffectual politicians but actually there's not much that can be done to stop Brexit or change the US president.
What people could do is look at how we got here. What has gone on since the 1980s that has meant that ordinary citizens in the US and UK, across the EU and other parts of the world, are so fed up that they would vote for things that might cause all kinds of chaos. There has to be some reflection on the events that have meant that economic slowdown outside of the EU or a president who has no understanding of geopolitics would be better than the status quo.
But that's hard to figure out. Instead people have hit the high streets (and internet) and shopped like mad. Spent their money before it all unravels.