Welcome to America This Week, where with the help of journalistic professionals, you can badly misuse what may be one of your last hours on earth, at least if this week’s news is to be believed. Remember that there is a podcast version of ATW in which author Walter Kirn and I tackle the issues of the week, going deep on everything from OPEC to nuclear holocaust to Ye in a discussion you can find here.

This was yet another week packed with world-shaking political and economic shifts. The top headlines: