Contributor(s): Elizabeth Ingleson, John Van Reenen, Ashley Tellis | A shining city on a hill. America the beautiful. The United States has long been mythologised as the land of dreams and opportunity. And since the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s it has been undisputedly the most powerful nation on earth. But is it a fading force? The idea of an America in decline has gained traction in recent years and has, of course, been capitalized on by President Trump. Is America’s ‘greatness’ under threat?In this episode of LSE iQ, a collaboration with the LSE Phelan US Centre's podcast, The Ballpark, Sue Windebank and Chris Gilson speak to LSE’s Elizabeth Ingleson and John Van Reenen and Ashley Tellis from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ContributorsElizabeth InglesonJohn Van ReenenAshley Tellis ResearchMade in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade by Elizabeth InglesonThe Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms by David Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F Katz, Christina Patterson and John Van Reenen, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2020.Revising U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China by Robert D. Blackwill and Ashley J. Tellis LSE Phelan United States Centre: https://www.lse.ac.uk/United-StatesListen to The Ballpark podcast: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/Podcasts; LSE Player, Spotify; SoundcloudRelated interviews on The Ballpark with guests on this episodeDr Ashley Tellis - The Future of US-China CompetitionDr Elizabeth Ingleson - Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade