Economical power: The strongest agent for maintaining supremacy in world's trade

I AM not fearful of being misunderstood when I say: “Proud as I am of my country, I challenge the denial that we have been a profligate and wasteful nation in the extreme. Drunk with the wealth of our natural resources we have eschewed their conservation and rolled in a criminal debauch of their treasure.” These are strong words, but I deliver them to strong men.