David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter. He is the author of The ...

Susan Tallman, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, is an art historian and the author, most recently, of Kerry James Marshall: The Complete Prints: 1976–2022.

Yes, the U.S. has the larger consumer economy. No, that won’t be enough to avoid major (and majorly self-inflicted) pain.