"When a U.S. head of state travels, he does so in imperial style." Economics Deficits [The New Empire of Debt] http://dld.bz/JjaP

George Friedman: "... the United States is an unintended empire of vast power." [The Next Decade] Politics Books http://dld.bz/NsTe

"Rome's system of imperial finance was far more solid than America's." [The New Empire of Debt] @TheEconomist @50Cent http://dld.bz/JjaP