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Economic powers in the Arena

	Age (1)	Babies (2)	Money (3)	Oil (4)	Web (5)
USA	80 and 74	2.1	(100)	7798	65
CHINA	73 and 69	1.8	13.2	599	10
JAPAN	85 and 78	1.3	75.4	3732	60
INDIA	65 and 63	3.0	7.6	309	5
GERMANY	81 and 75	1.4	73.1	3966	50
UK	81 and 76	1.6	73.4	3829	65
FRANCE	83 and 75	1.9	73.2	4223	45
ITALY	82 and 76	1.2	71.1	2956	50
BRASIL	73 and 64	2.2	19.9	711	10
RUSSIA	73 and 61	1.1	23.7	4194	10

(1) Life expectancy (years): women and men.

(2) Births per woman.

(3) GDP per capita (purchasing-power parities): USA = 100.

(4) Consumption per capita, kilograms oil equiv.

(5) Internet users (% population), approx.

Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Further estimations.

Around 2020 half of world GDP will come from USA and China (25+25%). India, Brazil, and Korea are going to challenge current G8 members: the new map of wealth heralds a blast of fresh air in the net of international relations. Nevertheless, such turbulent streams induce a tough political competition. Will global and local investors keep watching an essential four-indicator dashboard (dollar, euro, chinese growth, oil prices) in order to detect the fuzzy route of changing capitalism? Not so likely. A litigious WTO forum and the feared UN paralysis do not sound reassuring.

Equilibrium looks chimerical henceforth. Per capita daily income ranges from 50 to over 100 dollars in the “rich” lands. Middle-class nations, including Russia and Latin American forerunners drop between 20 and 30 dollars. The average Chinese has achieved a ten-dollar note (“average” may prove to be deceptive). Most of our fellow citizens have less than five to spend daily.