Will the US collapse in economic chaos before it rules the world?

那么，在美国经济崩溃之前，它能统治世界吗？

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The collapse of their isolated civilization, Diamond writes, is a "worst-case scenario for what may lie ahead of us in our own future".

戴蒙德写道，他们的孤立文明的崩溃，是“我们未来可能面临的最糟糕的情况”。

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Hundreds of scientists, writers and academics sounded a warning to humanity in an open letter published last December: Policymakers and the rest of us must engage openly with the risk of global collapse.

在去年12月发表的一封公开信中，数百名科学家、作家和学者向人类发出了警告：政策制定者和我们其他人必须公开应对全球崩溃的风险。

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The steep drop in export revenue that began with the US financial collapse in 2008 has led to a massive over-investment in real estate.

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But my job is to measure the costs of allowing these auto companies just to collapse versus us figuring out, can they come up with a viable plan?

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It was drawn up in the midst of the financial crisis in 2008, following the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers and rescue of insurance giant American International Group (AIG).

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