MARGIN CALL

‘If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” That’s the quote from the late economist Herbert Stein. Some facts to consider:- U.S. share of world population: 4% - U.S. share of world GDP: 26% - U.S. share of world wealth: 29% - U.S. share of world debt: 35% - U.S. share of worldwide military spending: 37% - U.S. share of worldwide foreign aid: 40%The above figures are not sustainable. Well, actually, they were not sustainable, past tense.Many will look at the first three bullets above and conclude that America has been exploiting the rest of the world to get...