A default of the US government would not only be very harmful here, it would probably send the country back into deep recession, but it just might crash the international financial system.
Noam ChomskyStability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
Noam ChomskyThe term "intellectual" is used conventionally to refer to people who happen to have unusual opportunities in this regard, and as always, opportunity confers moral responsibility.
Noam Chomsky