Indeed. I think it's actually a double whammy. Businesses in the US have cheap access to capital, and the diplomatic might - not to mention "bankruptcy protect

Indeed. I think it's actually a double whammy. Businesses in the US have cheap access to capital, and the diplomatic might - not to mention "bankruptcy protection" - of the USG behind them, while the common folk not. I wonder if there is a postive feedback here; unless the US invests great deal outside the state, it'd never enjoy the power it does in the world, which it seems very desperate to hang on to.