250 YEARS: the United States – from independence to empire (part three)

From hegemony to decline In just some 200 years from winning independence from the British empire in 1776, the United States had become the most successful capitalist state, leading all the major economies in the world in national output, in income per head, in productivity of labour, in financial dominance and in military power. That Continue reading "250 YEARS: the United States – from…