What Is American Culture? Authority, Competition, and Risk. Thursday's Edition.

What does American culture look like to others? Series 17 #4

Americans have an unusual relationship with power. They respect it when someone earns it and resent it when someone assumes it. A first-year analyst can challenge a senior vice president’s numbers in a meeting, and if the data supports the challenge, the analyst wins. Try that in Japan, South Korea, or most of Latin America, and you have not made a poin…