Building a New American Consensus
TREND #5

Even though the United States is rocked by the largest internal divisions it has seen since at least 1970, its relative and absolute power, wealth and centrality to the global system is undiminished. A recent issue of The Economist , provides a much needed wakeup call to the endless droning of declinists. As it observes, “[Based on exchange rates], America’s $25.5 trillion GDP last year represented 25% of the world’s.....

Even though the United States is rocked by the largest internal divisions it has seen since at least 1970, its relative and absolute power, wealth and centrality to the global system is undiminished. A recent issue of The Economist , provides a much needed wakeup call to the endless droning of declinists. As it observes, “[Based on exchange rates], America’s $25.5 trillion GDP last year represented 25% of the world’s.....