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CHANGE: America?s Slow Descent To Second-Class Status. ?It is undeniable that we are on the path t?

By Glenn Reynolds

CHANGE: America’s Slow Descent To Second-Class Status. “It is undeniable that we are on the path to fiscal collapse. This decline will occur in two stages. First there is the decay as the swelling national debt wears away the economy’s foundations and commits more and more future income to foreign creditors. We are already in stage one. In stage two a lethal combination of phenomena arises in quick succession: greater default risk, looming inflation, higher interest rates, declining growth, financial market instability, and an acceleration of government borrowing. They feed on each other. The economy heads on a downward spiral. Between stage one and stage two there is a tipping point. Experts know it will come, but nobody wants to predict when.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 01, 2010 (boomark / email).