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The concluding section systematizes the interplay of the five analyzed dimensions—economic globalization, world hegemony, political regime cycles, socio-economic inequality, and technological breakthroughs—highlighting their synergies. Their co-evolution around the world during the last 170 years accounts for the existence of four modes of governance recognizable around the world on top of all unique developments in every single society.
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Olstein, D. (2021). The Big Picture: Overall Patterns Amidst Convoluted Developments. In: A Brief History of Now. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82420-4_8
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