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**werkeeque** · 11-27-2010, 03:19 AM

Political and cultural power will eventually follow economic power.

Why do both of you seem to think growth will stop after surpassing the US? I think China will have a PPP GDP per capita about 70% that of the (future) US by 2040 (for reference today Japan has about 2/3 of the US GDP per capita and countries like Portugal have less than half yet are still counted as pretty good places to live).

When you're looking 20+ years down the line, using current trends starts turning into hogwash. Who knows what the world would be like in 2030 or 2040 or 2050.

Wow Hera. Always editing your posts.

11-27-2010, 03:19 AM	#4
werkeeque Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 577 Senior Member	Political and cultural power will eventually follow economic power. Why do both of you seem to think growth will stop after surpassing the US? I think China will have a PPP GDP per capita about 70% that of the (future) US by 2040 (for reference today Japan has about 2/3 of the US GDP per capita and countries like Portugal have less than half yet are still counted as pretty good places to live). When you're looking 20+ years down the line, using current trends starts turning into hogwash. Who knows what the world would be like in 2030 or 2040 or 2050. Wow Hera. Always editing your posts.
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