8 Looking ahead to 2050, China would be the world’s largest economy and India would be its third largest, behind the United States. A similar picture emerges from other studies, with some nuances. 9  4  See IMF, “World Economic Outlook”, September 2007. 5  See Forbes' Global 2000_Rank.html). 6  See Forbes' list Billionaires_Rank.html).
7  See Merrill Lynch and Capgemini, “World Wealth Report, 10th Anniversary”, 1996-2006. 8  See D. Wilson and R. Purushothaman “Dreaming with BRICs: the path to 2050”, Global Economics Paper No 99, Goldman Sachs, 1 October 2003. 9  See e.g.