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This afternoon at the Idea Festival in Louisville, KY, Amy Chua presented her thesis on, “The Rise and Fall of Hyperpowers.” Amy, who is an author and professor at Yale Law School laid out the dynamics of the history of global superpowers.
Historically superpowers, whether it was the Persians, Romans, Chinese, British or even in modern times, they all have had one common thread that can be found in all of them. Their rise to power can be traced to a high level of tolerance. Amy defines tolerance as, “letting all types of people work, flourish and prosper in society.” Attracting the best of the best talent in the process.
Sadly to say, each hyperpower’s demise can also be traced as well. Ms. Chua has come to the conclusion, through her vast amounts of research and insight, that these hyperpowers begin to fail and decline when intolerance becomes accepted, especially in the area of ones ethnicity and religion.
She goes on to lay out the challenges that the United States has in front of them as it deals with the issues of being the world’s current only hyperpower, especially when it comes to creating a common identity.
The wealth of knowledge that Amy provides obviously, supersedes what could be written here, but if your interested in global economics and politics make sure you go buy her book, “Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance–and Why They Fall”
image by: Ben Thomas
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