Firstly, what is wrong being number two or three? Will you really be any unhappier? It won’t be because the US is in decline, rather it will be because the people in more populous countries will become richer.
Secondly, as long as there is trade as one country gets richer everybody benefits.
Ok…to your question:
The birthrate in the US is higher than Europe’s and (believe it or not) China’s. There will always be a large productive population in the US.
However, labour productivity is stalling – education is superior in those other three countries for most of the population. The US is only superior in certain fields of science, and all three are catching up.
Best solution? Stop getting American kids to get foreigners to do their homework for them on Yahoo Answers

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