Macro risks are risks that are shared by all in a community, at various possible scales:

Global

For an overview of Global Risks, see the Global-Risk-Network, 2010. Global risks 2010. Tech. rep., World Economic Forum. URL http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/globalrisk/index.htm

Regional

National

The socialization of risk alongside the privatization of profits, as explained in Five Ways to solve the Eurozone Crisis (Henning Meyer, 23/05/2011).

A key indicator for the Eurozone crisis is Central Government Debt.

Local

The use of publicly provided resources for private benefit.