East is east

'In years to come, we'll look back at this as the time when the balance of economic and financial po...

'In years to come, we'll look back at this as the time when the balance of economic and financial power shifted from West to East. I think that shift will continue for some time.' Gerard Lyons, Standard Chartered's chief economist speaking in September at the Sibos Conference. If someone said you must read something titled The End of the White Man, you could be forgiven for thinking they were pointing you towards a BNP newspaper or similar. But with its suitably catchy title and, as I knew the person suggesting I read it isn't in the BNP, I thought it was worth a look. In fact, the ...