Yes. Walmart, Amazon, or another disruptor coming in to eat the incumbents' lunch money. Nations don't do that... Actually, they do - the wheel of history has

Yes. Walmart, Amazon, or another disruptor coming in to eat the incumbents' lunch money. Nations don't do that... Actually, they do - the wheel of history has moved, now we have the incumbent hegemon and her close allies pulling everything to stay on top, though it might be too late. Still, the free-ish market is a much more benign mechanism than international competition, as long as the relevant supervision is there. Maybe.