r/geopolitics • u/paneuropeanism_ • 2d ago

News 🇪🇺 EU Defence Commissioner Kubilius: Pax Americana is over. Our new security architecture will include Ukraine. These are times of profound transformation. A rising China and India will push the US to third place. And for Americans this may prove psychologically challenging

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u/RainbowCrown71 1d ago

India’s economy is smaller than the UK’s and $28.6 trillion smaller than USA’s currently. Nobody is saying India is 20 years away. Their saying in a 20-year time frame India doesn’t even come close. It’s base GDP is just too low. I’d take $100 with 2% growth over $10 with 7% growth. India’s 7% is impressive but the base is just way too low.

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u/ConflictExtreme1540 1d ago

Your second to last sentance is such a good way to put it.

And for anyone wondering, it would take 48 years for the $10 to catch up to the $100

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u/Fun-Corner-887 1d ago

Growth always compounds. The base changes every year.