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Yes, the US Has Its Own ‘Sphere of Influence,’ and It’s Huge

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Yes, the US Has Its Own ‘Sphere of Influence,’ and It’s Huge
An American flag waves in the wind on top of Mt. Baldy, in Los Angeles County, on Oct. 21, 2011. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Ryan McMaken
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Mises Institute
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Late last year, U.S. secretary of state Anthony Blinken declared, “One country does not have the right to exert a sphere of influence. That notion should be relegated to the dustbin of history.”
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Ryan McMaken is the editor of Mises Wire and The Austrian. He has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was the economist for the Colorado Division of Housing from 2009 to 2014. He is the author of "Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre."
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