US Power in Freefall: The Most Dangerous Country in the World
The global economy is no longer wobbling – it’s splintering. In a sweeping, unsparing conversation, economist Jeffrey Sachs describes a world pushed to the edge by Washington’s wars with Iran and Russia, its economic confrontation with China, and its attempt to reassert dominance across the Western Hemisphere. The pillars that held the global system together.
IMPERIALISM
U. S. IMPERIAL DECLINE
MULTI-POLAR WORLD
UNIPOLAR MOMENT
GAZA GENOCIDE
The picture Sachs paints is stark: a fragmented world, a declining West, and a United States whose pursuit of hegemony is destabilizing the very system it once built. Whether the coming years bring a managed transition or a series of crises may depend on whether Washington can accept a multipolar world – or whether it continues to fight a losing battle to preserve the unipolar moment.
By Jeffery Sachs
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Published: May 4, 2026