The United States has slipped on a U.N. global development ranking based on sustainable development goals and now lags behind some countries widely viewed as developing nations. Is it a deviation from normality, or is the U.S. becoming a developing country? What has happened? Will the U.S. continue down this path?

Host Tu Yun joins Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations of East China Normal University, David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University, and Wang Xianghong, Professor and Director of Economic Behavior Laboratory, Renmin University of China, on this episode of Chat Lounge.