Quote Originally Posted by Divinus Arma
As for the free market "mayhem", you are absolutely right. And it is why the UK is the world's economic leader, more powerful than any other country in the history of the world. Oh wait. Nevermind. That would be us. heh heh.
I would certainly say that at it's height The british empire was more powerful relatively than the US today. 1/4 of the worlds population... but its what ifs, so i'll concede that the US is massively powerful.

But as a country, the UK economy punches well above it's weight. we are one of the G8, when, as a country with 65 million, we have a tiny population, and yet our social care to the poor is better than the states...