>growth since the 40s The US growth trend has been fairly constant since the late 1800s. There's no real discontinuity in the trend around the time the US bec

>growth since the 40s The US growth trend has been fairly constant since the late 1800s. There's no real discontinuity in the trend around the time the US become hegemon. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/GDP_per_person_in_the_United_States.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/GDP_per_... Part of why Switzerland is so stable is because of its neutrality. Switzerland doesn't have to deal with Russia interfering in its elections the way the US does.