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Countries doubling their income

It took China only 12 years to double its GDP per person (in PPP) from $1300 to $2600. And China will need only 7 years to double it from the present level or $8400. And India is following, too, though not as quick as China, but much quicker than the developed countries.

… GDP per person in both China and India could double from 2011 levels by the end of this decade. People in the developed economies will have to wait another quarter century to see their incomes double.

Source: GDP per person: Double your income! | The Economist.

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Tracking Diasporas

MORE Chinese people live outside mainland China than French people live in France, with some to be found in almost every country. Some 22m ethnic Indians are scattered across every continent.

The diaspora is the word which was initially used for ‘dispersed’ Jews from the their homeland in further history. Now it is commonly used for dispersed people of any community either due to geopolitical or personal reasons. No Doubt, Chinese and Indians account for majority of them in present world. This graphic shows how they are distributed all over the world.

To listen to an interview with Rober Guest, an author of “Borderless Economics”, follow the link!

Source: Diasporas: Mapping migration | The Economist.

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New Climate Change Swindle? | KAL’s cartoons

What other way would be better than to kick start the quasi-first post with political cartoons by Kevin Kallaugher. These cartoons from The Economist share very high calibre showing the present state of situation on particular issue. The efforts by the winner of the Nobel Prize [for the cause from the future *cough*] is so much hampered by sort of inexperience in the politics. This really depicts the picture of the [old] world which still believes in the leadership of [once] great nation.

The global f(pl)ight against the climate change

Source: KAL’s cartoon | Political cartoons by Kevin Kallaugher | The Economist.

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