Ask The Economist. Is the West's decline inevitable?

  • 5 years ago
The shift in economic power from West to East is accelerating, says John O'Sullivan, an Economics Editor at The Economist and the author of our special report on the world economy, which was published in the September 24th edition of the paper. The yuan may eventually usurp the dollar as the world's main reserve currency, and the rich world will lose some of its privileges. How inevitable is the West's decline? And how troublesome will the East's rise prove?

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