America's lost decade?

An article on this week's TIME magazine recounting the various bad things that happened over the past ten years (2000 ~ 2009). America's lost decade?

The 10 Worst Things About the Worst Decade Ever

The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell

See how many of America's issues spread beyond its shores and how bad decisions from Washington D.C. and Wall Street made destructive impact on the world. Not surprisingly, for much of this decade America's leadership, helmed by one President from 2001 to 2009, was uninspiring and probably the source of many problems. A superpower in decline? The rot probably began within itself.