Sunday, October 25, 2009
Niall Ferguson: U.S. Empire in Decline, on Collision Course with China
The U.S. is an empire in decline, according to Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor and author of The Ascent of Money.
The loss of empire is not such a bad deal for the average citizen of the empire building country... except for the wars the come along with geopolitical transitions.
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