====== United States of America ======
The **United States of America** (**USA**) is a [[constitutional republic]] in [[North America]] since 1776.


===== History =====

==== Hegemony ====

=== Controversies ===
  * Jan, 2022 - The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II.((January, 2022 | GlobalResearch | [[https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-million-people-in-37-victim-nations-since-world-war-ii/5492051/amp?__twitter_impression=true|The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II]]))

===== Economy =====
By most measures, the U.S. economy is the largest in the world, owed largely to an active [[science]] and [[technology]] sector that powers an extremely diverse collection of industries.

==== Economic Divergence ====
  * Feb, 2004 - [[James Howard Kunstler]] talk: The ghastly tragedy of the suburbs.((February, 2004 | [[James Howard Kunstler]] | [[TED Talks]] | [[https://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_the_ghastly_tragedy_of_the_suburbs|The ghastly tragedy of the suburbs]]))

==== Modern Economic Timeline ====

=== 1995 ===
In 1995, the U.S. [[Federal Reserve Bank]] promised to back (insure) subprime mortgage bonds.

=== 1997 ===
In 1997, velocity of the [[dollar]] peaked((June 16, 2022 | David Haggith | DollarCollapse.com | [[https://www.dollarcollapse.com/james-rickards-these-people-never-learn/|James Rickards: These people never learn]])), and likely will never reach the same levels. The growth of the mortgage bond and more generally debt markets all but ensured that outcome.

=== 2009 ===
The phrase "green shoots" was used to describe the rebuilding of pieces of the U.S. economy in the wake of the mortgage bond collapse, but that looks optimistic in retrospect.

=== 2010 ===
Tim Geithner promised a "recovery summer" in 2010, but that never really took shape.


===== Elections and Politics =====
  * [[United_States:U.S. Presidential Elections]]