Billionaire financier George Soros believes the world faces one of the most dangerous periods of modern history. He sees Europe confronting a descent into chaos and conflict, the U.S. facing riots on the streets that lead to a clampdown on civil liberties and perhaps even a global economic system collapse. "The situation is about as serious and difficult as I've experienced in my career," he told Newsweek. "The collapse of the Soviet system was a pretty extraordinary event, and we are currently experiencing something similar in the developed world, without fully realizing what's happening."
