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Dmitry Orlov - the U.S. and the five stages of collapse listen

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The United States national debt hit $14.2 trillion this month. With economic recovery continuing to lag and high oil prices, rising food costs, and unemployment frustrating Washington's efforts to kick start the economy, some historians and economic analysts are drawing analogies between the collapse of the Soviet Union and what the United States is currently experiencing. One such analyst is Dmitry Orlov, author of book Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects. Orlov...