the U.S. seems to resist change more than Canada - the metric system - I think the U.S. is the major global hold out. all her trading partners are metric I think.

Canada went metric and dropped the 1$ bill for a coin though without the backing of the popular public opinion. we survived and life goes on.

Just saying the U.S. seems more tied to holding to some traditions while dropping others, like the Lord's Prayer in school.

The Fed's have fought very, very hard with their printing presses and the QE's to prevent a Japan style deflation and the flip side, an inflation of the purchasing power of the dollar - so far successfully. They will not win the battle.

check out this speech by Ben Bernanke from back in 2002, before he was Governor of the U.S. Fed > Deflation: Making Sure "It" Doesn't Happen Here

Like him or dislike him, Pres. Trump has done more to improve the U.S. economy in 1 year than the Feds did in 10 years.

But neither the President nor the Feds can change the underlying cause of the economic woes - and that is shrinking families.

Fewer families and fewer kids per family. Fewer new consumers.

Fewer new consumers mean weaker consumption that leads to the Japanese Deflation Flu or a Japanese style 'demographic time bomb'. check out this article here > Japan is dealing with what economists call a "demographic time bomb."