" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth Five variables were examined in the original model. These variables are: world population, industrialization, pollution, food production, and resource depletion. ... In 2014 Graham Turner concluded that "preparing for a collapsing global system could be even more important than trying to avoid collapse."[32] "
One critical variable missing is wars. A population that constantly fund endless wars is guaranteed to collapse. Out of this collapse will emerge a new order. Conveniently, china sit there with a mysterious smile.
Wars, wars, wars ... Stupid wars! Obviously the terrorists somehow have higher IQ. They just intentionally set up a trap in order to stimulate more wars. Then the free world simply follows their trap! Spending so much money and resources to prevent terrorists! (Rather than to prevent poor!) Now the people living in free world are gradually and permanently losing much of their freedom due to so many new laws against terrorists! Who is Actually winning the wars in the long run?!!!
US may be a big player but they are not "boss" and the relative importance of the US is down trending every decade now. World history is full of examples of countries that overextended their role and paid a deep price in doing so. So the real question is will the US be smart enough to avoid a negative path. Which would mean avoiding electing fools like Bush who waste massive amounts of resources on waging a pointless war for example. Better yet to consolidate your strengths and foster quality partnerships with other countries that help create prosperous situations for both. It would help if ordinary Americans like yourself took more time to educate yourself about the world and not insulate themselves in the dark about such things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_reaction " Chain Reactions in Economics In 1963 Friedman and Schwartz [5] proposed a positive feedback loop as a mechanism for catastrophic failures in economics: “It happens that a liquidity crisis in a unit fractional reserve banking system is precisely the kind of event that trigger- and often has triggered- a chain reaction. And economic collapse often has the character of a cumulative process. Let it go beyond a certain point, and it will tend for a time to gain strength from its own development as its effects spread and return to intensify the process of collapse”. "
http://costsofwar.org/ http://costsofwar.org/article/economic-cost-summary " US Costs of Wars through 2014: $4.4 Trillion and Counting " " Opportunity Costs of War Spending: What could the economy look like if we had not spent that money on war? Were jobs lost or gained by war? Military spending does produce jobs. But spending in other areas could produce more jobs. Military spending has also affected investment in public assets and infrastructure. While investment in military infrastructure grew, investment in other, non-military, public infrastructure did not grow at the same rate. (Text updated as of June 2014) "
You don't know jack all, you are just another arrogant American who is in for rude awakening. China right now has a secret heard of 15 000 tons of gold bars, China is soon planing to back the Yuan with gold and replace US dollar as reserve currency. As for you, when that happens you will not be here to post as you will have lost your job. heehhe I love the modern average American, so naive and clueless after decades of CNN FOX MSN etc have fun with those trillions in debt
Citation please. Yeah, if they do that there will be a great amount of investment into China. That will result in the renminbi's appreciation, which is something they absolutely do not want. And if it's a secret hoard, how do you know about it?
My advice, learn to speak Chinese cause 1 day they will control the entire world. Better than the yanks, atleast they don't believe in 2000year old religion.