crisis

危機　—　Phenomena

The state of a framework coming to the point where it cannot hold.

Antoninianus of CaracallaAD 215 Six-livre écu (constitutional monarchy type)1792 One-dollar Federal Reserve note (current)Current (this piece from the 2003A series)

⚠ A monetary crisis is usually foreseeable. The reason it is not stopped, even when foreseen, is that those who could stop it also have their reasons not to.