10 Things Right With The Old USA

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The U.S. is the largest and most productive economy in the world.

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In nominal terms, U.S. manufacturing output was upt to $2.1. trillion in 2013. That's a 21% increase from the low 2009 numbers.

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Today, exports are up to $196 billion per month, after they dropped to $124 billion per month in April 2009.

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The U.S. remains the world's favorite destination for foreign direct investment (FDI).

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Every year BrandZ puts together a list of the top 100 global brands. For 2014, the top 10 were all American.

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The U.S. remains the world's technology leader.

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6 out of the top 10 universities for 2013 on the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Ranking were from the United States. Overall, 30 out of the top 100 were.

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Approximately 61% of the global central bank reserves for Q1 2014 were U.S. dollars — a number that's remained stable in the post-crisis years.

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The U.S.'s top research universities and "innovative capabilities" have kept the U.S. a major competitive economy, even after the financial crisis.

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the International Energy Agency believes that the U.S. will surpass Saudi Arabia as the world's leader in oil production in 2015 — and will remain in the lead until the 2030's.

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