'Economic Crisis v. Economic Empire:
End of the Beginning and Beginning of the End'
Keynote speech to Ecumenical Peace Institute, Berkeley, CA
on October 25, 2009 (43 min)

Jack Rasmus talks about the potential impact of the continuing U.S. econmic crisis on the future of the American Empire. The possible effects of the coming multi-trillion dollar US Budget deficits on U.S. dominance of international economic institutions and the role of the dollar as a global currency. Will it continue? Or collapse? Jack explains why and why not, and the centrality of the U.S.-China economic relationships