Fareed Zakaria has written a book, "The Post-American World" from which excerpts were included in the May 12, 2008 issue of Newsweek--which should still be on newsstands. Fareed Zakaria, an American citizen originally from India, has a major column in each issue of Newsweek. He has been a frequent counsel to government officials and often appears on news program panels such as Sunday morning news shows and the PBS Lehrer News Hour.
Within the excerpt in the second column on page 31 he writes, "To bring others into this world, the United States needs to make its own commitment to the (world economic) system clear. So far, "America has been able to have it both ways. It is the global rule-maker but doesn't always play by the rules. And forget about standards created by others. Only three countries in the world don't use the metric system--Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States. For America to continue to lead the world, we will have to first join it." Norman Werling
