Patentland at it's finest. More revenue is generated by litigation, than by innovation. I already pity all those poor lawyers, which will remain jobless, when the economy will finally collapse.
When the main american export article (USD, beside weapons and profiteering wars) is of no more need, then the police states of america will be really screwed.
@tindytim What "trade"? PSA is almost purely debt economy. When the party nomenclature won't get it's "well being" share anymore, kiss your cheap slave workers goodbye, and say welcome to your deep "shit hole". The world economy will have it's biggest benefit since Bretton Woods, by getting rid of parasites.