In a paper titled for this century, the phrase “Christian Dior… looks a more attractive proposition than Montagu Burton” is used to illustrate an economic slump caused by shortsightedness in capitalism. That essay was partly inspired by widespread currency debasement during this century’s Kipper und Wipper period. Susan Strange portmanteaued “failure” with a system named for an agreement in this century (-5[1])that was based on the teachings of Jean Bodin (“bo-DAN”). It’s not the 19th century, but economic stagnation during this century led Eric Hobsbawm (10[1])to coin the term “general crisis” (10[1])to refer to the majority of it. Demographic upheavals during this century included the (10[1])Khmelnytsky (“k’mell-NITS-kee”) Uprising (10[1])and the Polish Deluge. For 10 points, widespread economic instability roiled Europe during what century of the Thirty Years’ War? ■END■ (10[2])