Is America Catching the “British Disease?”
In the US, the scent of decline is in the air, as imperial overreach, political polarization, and a costly financial crisis weigh on the economy. Indeed, some now worry that the US, doomed to slow growth, will, like the exhausted Britain that emerged from World War II, be forced to curtail its international commitments.
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BERKELEY – In the United States, the scent of decline is in the air. Imperial overreach, political polarization, and a costly financial crisis are weighing on the economy. Some pundits now worry that America is about to succumb to the “British disease.”