The Rise and Fall of the USA?! (Official Trailer) | A Curiosity Stream Original

The USA is the largest and most influential economy to have ever existed in human history. For over a century, it has dominated the world. More wealth has been created here in just the last 20 years than the entire world created between 1 and 1700 AD. But the question is, why? Capital moved faster. Once you get a dominant position in the currency, it's very difficult to lose it. The U.S. financial markets are the deepest, broadest, biggest markets in the world. I haven't yet to meet a person on Wall Street who can operate on somebody's brain. The Economics Explained team traveled across the world to try and answer this one simple question. We sat down with some of the broadest minds in economics, finance, and policy to find out. I came to Wall Street because I had no money growing up as a kid and I wanted to get rich. The USA isn't the largest country in the world. It doesn't have the most resources or the most manpower. So what was its secret? Wealth is being concentrated with a very small percentage. The United States is able to allocate resources in a way which gives the United States a significant advantage. This is a culture of risk takers. One of the reasons that the U.S. has stronger trend growth, we allow more migrants in. Does this all work when the U.S. has to share the global spotlight with a rival? And what happens if the American empire stops working for the American people?