Does Collapse of Other Countries Strengthen USA's Position?

[austinite45]

Originally Posted by thrillobyte

I'm not an economist, but I was just reading that Ireland appears to be the next country to follow Iceland and a few others in declaring bankruptcy. It got me thinking. Is the economic spectrum such that in this giant global economy the more countries that fail, the better it is for America? For instance, more Irish start emigrating to the US and improve the intelligence banks; or there's less countries to have to divide the pie with--that sort of thing?

a better question would be "would the collapse of the US strengthen US position?"

make no mistakes, the US is collapsing; you are not hearing anything about it because the mainstream media isn't talking about it, for obvious reasons.

[StoneOne]

Originally Posted by austinite45

a better question would be "would the collapse of the US strengthen US position?"

make no mistakes, the US is collapsing; you are not hearing anything about it because the mainstream media isn't talking about it, for obvious reasons.

Hammer meets nail's head.

[thatguy1]

Originally Posted by chet everett

The US had more productivity capacity in 1930 than today? Really? Fascinating. And this based on????

Relative to debt, population, and whether our manufactured goods are sold domestically or exported.