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Posted 14 March 2011 - 08:38 AM

Video content in the link.

http://www.businessi...aliphate-2011-3

Niall Ferguson spoke with The Telegraph about what he believes the world may look like 10-years from now, in 2021.

Key points:

  • China will be the largest economy in the world by 2021
  • No guarantees the euro will still exist
  • The U.S. could europeanize itself, or it could revitalize itself
  • Tiny possibility we get western-style democracies in the Middle East
  • More alarming to think about a "restored caliphate"
  • Germany's love of European integration under threat

Read more: http://www.businessi...3#ixzz1GYrCmkNN

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Posted 14 March 2011 - 08:52 AM

View PostMr Medved, on 14 March 2011 - 08:38 AM, said:

Video content in the link.



Thanks for that MM.

Interesting vid.
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