If We Have "Economic Allies", Who are our "Economic Enemies"?

Have you noticed how correlated and coordinated actions have been worldwide throughout this crisis? The concept of economic allies presupposes that we also have economic enemies. It's easy to construct a theory that countries like Russia and China are using financial markets to exert leverage in a nascent form of economic warfare.

It is also easy to construct a theory that says that we are the enemy ourselves. That human nature's fear and greed instincts and reflexes almost inevitably spiral into a cavalcade of horrors.

The butterfly effect theorizes that a butterfly flapping its wings in Beijing on one day can create or affect a rainstorm over Chicago a few days later.

Likewise in a world where there is so much global communication, and where automatic trading programs can respond to each other from anywhere on the globe, it's no wonder that market moves are getting bigger, faster, and more volatile.

Perhaps governments are cooperating and collaborating because of a collective recognition that a new form of protection is needed to dampen the increasing speed, size and leverage behind market moves?