Reading the Harvard Business Review is a bit like reading your own obituary from several decades in the future.  What I mean by that is that the HBR is extremely depressing, yet satisfying, all at the same time.  America, it seems to suggest, is destined to be super power over the next thirty years, yet it will also be at the mercy of China and its bankers for quite some time.  The current recession will be a memory at some point, but when that point comes is anybody's guess.  The dollar will continue to be the reserve currency of choice, but it will be weakened and diluted in the process of U.S. government spending.  Russia and China and Iran will continue to badger and goad our military through their actions, but we will be steadfast in our defense against all outside terrorist threats.  In short, the United States will be just fine, yet wholly subservient to a new type of international power structure.  Make sense?  Didn't think so.