U.S. Empire’s ‘Irrevocable’ Decline

Video - By Chris Hedges, Alfred McCoy

Chris Hedges discusses the current state of the American empire with historian Alfred McCoy.

"The American Empire could collapse almost overnight"

"If it comes to a military crunch," the historian tells the journalist, "we could lose."

Posted November 30, 2017

 

Alfred McCoy, Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains the decline of the United States as a global power and the rise of the Chinese empire.

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