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Could America Go the Way of the Soviet Union?

The fate of the USSR under Gorbachev offers a note of caution.

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Mikhail Gorbachev at a going-away party for his staff on December 26, 1991. AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko
JUDY SHELTON
JUDY SHELTON

A disturbing new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University finds that 67 percent of Americans are concerned that democracy in the United States is in danger of collapse. Can this be possible? What does it mean for the future of the United States? Is it too late to bring about a major course correction?

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JUDY SHELTON
JUDY SHELTON

Ms. Shelton, a monetary economist, is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute and author of ‘Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money.’

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