China to overtake the U.S. economy

In the 1970s and 1980s it was Japan that was going to take out the United States as the economy of the future. Now the new kid on the block is China. Of course, we all know what happened with Japan, which now ranks as the third largest economy in the world. China has a different story and historical perspective can provide some guidance.

For nearly 500 years until 1830, China was the world’s leading economy with approximately 30% of global gross domestic product (GDP). The rise of Western Europe and America since the mid-1800s placed China in the middle of the pack. However, starting in the 1990s, China accelerated rapidly with its policy of autocratic capitalism. For example, China was the world’s ninthvague images that come by night or in dreams. Despite an obvious grieving for his wife, the ghosts he sees instead sometimes resemble his elderly father-in-law, who sits neglected in a nursing home just this side of the grave.

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