X @Balaji

Yes, but:(1) Relative strength is critical because the US business model is issuance of the global reserve currency. Losing relative status means losing that.(2) Much of the US economy is fake & financialized. Look at the debt and production graphs.https://t.co/rhWLOzMui5Inev May (@InevMay):@balajis You might be right but this graph is misleading. If you look at the USA for example, its proportion of global economy has shrank (% on the graph), but the actual volume of its "piece of the pie" has increased. ...