The contention in the United States' Congress that brought the country to the edge of a potential debt default was a reminder of the risks of nasty shocks, which could hurt China's exports.
Former for-profit college students are at the leading edge of a student debt crisis that has reached $1.2 trillion.
The 76-year-old media tycoon resigned in 2011 as prime minister as Italy teetered on the edge of a Greek-style debt crisis and he was dogged by a sex-scandal which included allegations he was involved with an underage prostitute.
The central bank has hovered on the edge of the debt ceiling debate like a homeowner riding out a hurricane, hoping for limited damage to the lethargic economy.
And as a result of falling real wages, they are always living on the edge of unsustainable debt – where one accident or mishap could mean they're out on the street.
As Italy teeters on the edge of Europe's debt crisis, its notoriously rigid labor market has become a lightning rod for the nation's fiscal and economic problems.
The vote comes as Brazil and much of South America teeter on the edge of another debt-induced financial disaster, with the potential to add a further large dollop of gloom to a sickly world economy.
As Italy teeters on the edge of the European debt crisis, it can ill afford more debacles like that one.
"Even if seemingly everything goes right — in economic terms and political terms — we are still on the edge of dangerously high debt and deficit levels".
On the edge of a northern sea.
