Commentators have been warning since the 1980’s that the US may lose its global hegemony for economic reasons – budget deficits, a declining share of global GDP, and the switch from net international creditor to net debtor – with the historical hypothesis of imperial overreach gaining renewed attention.
自1980年代以来评论家们一直警告美国可能会由于经济上的原因——预算赤字，全球GDP份额的下降，从净债权国变为净债务国——而丢失其世界霸权，同时帝国过度扩张的历史假说也重新得到关注。