After New York?

Decline has never been a comfortable conversation for any great power, not alone a super power, but for the "city on the hill", it's a particularly uncomfortable topic. A sense of exceptionalism, at the heart of the American identity, often keeps such thinking at bay. While such discussion often is cyclical and over-hyped, an important truth still exists: the declining economic position of the US due to its fiscal mismanagement and the rise of other powers, dilutes America's indispensabl...

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