A simple graph showing how big of an economic influence the US is on the world:
http://www.google.com/publicdata/exp...5&iconSize=0.5
A simple graph showing how fast the rest of the world (on average) is catching up... still we have 1/4 the world's wealth:
http://www.google.com/publicdata/exp...5&iconSize=0.5
I actually have an interesting question... too lazy to google... does the debt we take out count as GDP for the countries lending us the money? If so we have STIMULATED the world! 14trillion yo! that is like what... 2 prenerf fungi staves??