The Story of the Decade

How to sum up 2000-2009? Simple:



You say goodbye:



Name: US Empire 1898-1985
GDP: 12 trillion EUR
Investment: 17% GDP
Debt to GDP ratio: 376% (3rd quarter 2009)
Net worth: owes rest of planet 4 trillion EUR
Demographics: 5% of humanity




...but we say hello!

















Name: BRIC nations
GDP: 6 trillion EUR
Investment: 38% GDP
Debt to GDP ratio: 25%
Net worth: owns +2.5 trillion EUR rocksolid liquidity
Demographics: 42% of humanity