Next king super power.

Originally posted by maersk yea, i can see india outstripping china in growth within 10 years.

actually, we already have. the last quater of 2003 saw india have over a 10% growth, and the first quater figures, which have finally come through, posted a growth rate above seven.

China and India are the top dogs for the job. historically, they've always had a high output. just before european imperealism started, india and china accounted for about 50% of the economic output, and about 30-40% of the worlds population.

Economies tend tend to work in cycles, and i think that we are nearing the age of china and india once again.

people keep on talking about brazil, but frankly i know nothing about hte brazilian economy, can someone post some details about them (i've always had an interest in brazil, but never acutally took it further than words, so no time like the present i guess).

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Now you made me laugh. EU is sick and its situation soon will become worse because it keep decreasing. The birth rate in all EU countries, old and new is terrible. Soon Europe will become the place where live only old people.

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Britain takes in between a quarter of a million and half a million legal immigrants per year from commonwealth countries, all young. This will substantially increase over the next few years with and influx from eastern Europe too. France also has similar immigration statistics and Germany is coming round. There is many times the projected labour shortfall clammering to get in from Asia and Africa and enough EU member states willing to open the door. The  only countries that will suffer from a shortage of youth are the more xenophobic eastern countries. Still europe will need a retirement home and Poland could just be the place!