Is China Getting Richer?

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American citizens care how rich chinese citizens are? What difference does thet make? Let em be as rich as they want. China has always been number one, two, three or four. The richest country in the worldn a, g d b, capital going back to the year one,. So there's their size. Of course, gi, they're basically in a precapitous situation. Wey're about the same as the dominican republic. But if you invest in china, hey, know, it's got a billion people and middle class. Its bigger than the united states. Why should i makeit? Why should i?

In this conversation based on his new book, The Stupidity of War, political scientist John Mueller argues that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats — including during the Cold War — have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions that have mostly failed. With international war in decline, complacency and appeasement become viable diplomatic devices and a large military is scarcely required.