>Before comparing figures we should examine populations. If one nation has an aging largely homogenous population you would expect it to do better than another that copes with millions of impoverished immigrants, many of them illegal. US figures were probably just as lousy when they were taking shiploads of impoverished Irish and Italians not so long ago, but look what happened there.
Not sure what you're trying to say here. The US economy is largely depended on cheap labour. Labour that is to a large extend done by ... exactly ... immigrants. In a sense immigrants are ideal employers: They don't complain and work hard. They have to or else they won't have anything to live from. So I expect that taking on large numbers of cheap immigrants it would have a postive effect on the economy if that is the driving force on keeping wages low.
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Then there is the outside world as well. How does the US-arabic relations end up.>How did the US-Japanese or US-German relationship end up? All the US needs to do is spend a few trillion making them rich. Who wants to be a suicide bomber when you can get a wide-screen TV if you work hard for 6 months? ;-)
Different situation here. The US did occupy those two countries after WWII and the germany blended into the european spirit: being an ally to the US. The US did get japan on a new frontier with economical growth (mc Carthy). I don't really see what they will do to make friends with the arabic world. Even their relationship saudi arabia is a very fragile one and all depended on the royal family. Not to mention their role in the isreal - palestinian conflict. The US does not have much allies in the arabic world to make things happen. Iran is making fun out of Bush and mocking them. Syria is not going to be a US friend either. But those two powers are neccesary for a stable middle east, and Bush is refusing to talkk to them.
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Is the euro going to take over the international fincance market?>Sure, any day now! ;-)
I'm not saying any day now. It only exists for 5 years. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro>
Is asia (china) really going to be the new economy and world power?>Good question. It won't be long before China puts a man on the moon.
Depends whether they want to. They surely want to expand their military influence (as on the news today). An older article:
http://english.people.com.cn/200506/27/eng20050627_192610.html
