Yeah. Despite Britain's significant fall from grace over the past 100 years, its...

		petercooper on Aug 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P Yeah. Despite Britain's significant fall from grace over the past 100 years, its wealth per capita is still not significantly below that of the US, even now. The US has nothing on how onerous and profiteering the British empire was.