Who came up with the saying, "When the America sneezes, the world catches a cold."?

Question

Who came up with the saying, "When the America sneezes, the world catches a cold."?

Answer 1

You hear that phrase a lot in economic circles, but the subject is always switched out-- "America/New York/Wall Street/The US Economy/The West"-- depending on the speaker's vantage point. I've heard it attributed to Marshall McLuhan, but I think he is loosely given credit for that line of thinking in general (globalization-wise). Probably originates from wartime radio coverage in the first half of the twentieth century.

As a neat (unintended) variation, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".

Answer 2

I don't know but can't they use a tissue or something.

Answer 3

it's an old saying, so I can't really find who said it