Posts Tagged ‘2050’

The United States’ BRIC-like Potential

Although it has become fashionable over the past couple of years (basically since the US went into recession in 2007) to talk about the United States’ economic decline, I believe the case is overstated, as I mentioned on this space in November 2008. In that article, I mainly discussed the geopolitical dimension. Today, I will… [Read more]

The Perils Of Long-Range Forecasting

One thing I’ve been trying to get my head round lately are long-term economic growth forecasts out to 2050. The best known of these are produced by Goldman Sachs (see Dreaming With BRICs: The Path to 2050), but other investment houses have them too. Having pored over these over the bank holiday weekend, I have… [Read more]


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