Lately I see countries like companies. You have start ups that have huge potential for growth but can end up bumbling around for a while then fading out, the established companies that are still growing slowly, and the old companies that maintain until someone else comes around and edges them out. We have countries that are rapidly developing, established countries that are growing, and old established countries like the U.S. that are maintaining or on the decline. Seems like other countries want to follow the U.S.‘s path of agriculture based economy that develops into manufacturing based economy that develops into service based economy. Obviously this can only happen so many times before everyone is in service and no one is actually making anything. We haven’t reached that point so who knows what will happen, but I’d guess things would “self correct” some how. Nothing is forever so I don’t expect the U.S. to be Numero Uno forever…China will take over sooner than later I expect.