BRIC or BRICs are terms used in economics to refer to the combination of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. General thinking is that the term was first prominently used in a thesis of the Goldman Sachs investment bank.[1] The main point of this 2003 paper was to argue that the economies of the BRICs are rapidly developing and by the year 2050 will eclipse most of the current richest countries of the world. It's important to note that the Goldman Sachs thesis isn't that these countries are a political alliance, like the European Union, or a formal trading association, but they have the potential to form a powerful economic bloc.[2]
Finally, because of the popularity of the Goldman Sachs thesis "BRIC", this term is also extended to "BRIMC"[3][4] (M for Mexico), "BRICK" (K for Korea), "BRICA" (GCC Arab countries – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates)[5] and "BRICET" (including Eastern Europe and Turkey)[6] have become more generic marketing terms to refer to these emerging markets.
U prevodu, svašta tu ima i ko zna da li će ove zemlje nešto postići do 2050. godine, a tada će za većinu nas već biti suviše kasno da se nečemu radujemo...
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