Futurologists love to play games about which countries are up and down in the global rankings of eco...
Futurologists love to play games about which countries are up and down in the global rankings of economic power. We read constantly about how China may overtake the US. Or about how India may do the same to Japan. But the one most likely to happen is rarely mentioned. By 2025, Britain may overtake Germany as Europe's largest economy. Fantastic? Not according to Christopher Smallwood, chief economic adviser at Barclays. In a recent paper, Smallwood predicts precisely that. In the early 2020s, the UK will overtake Germany and the gulf between the two nations will widen. How realistic is a r...
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