Is America a Third World Country? by Don Boudreaux on January 7, 2024 TweetTwenty years ago today, on January 7th, 2004, Paul Craig Roberts predicted that if the U.S. government did not significantly reduced the off-shoring of American jobs – especially white-collar American jobs – “the United States will be a Third World country in twenty years.” I submit that this prediction is now disproved. Share Tweet Share Email Print