The 8 countries I have chosen for Pestle analysis have 50% of the world's population, 66% of the world's military spending and account for 69% of the world's GDP. We will be developing further statistics on these 8 over the next--indeterminate--period of time, which depends on my work schedule.
The first look shows three countries--USA, France and Brazil--as being in pretty good shape for the next five years, at least in a macro sense. There is no shortage of problems everywhere you look, but there are relative differences. One country, Russia, appears to be a train wreck in progress, while China looks to me like it's heading off a cliff. The United Kingdom appears to be shooting itself, but I can't tell yet if it's shooting itself in the foot or the head. And India--trying to figure out what's going to happen in India is going to be a lot of work. (Anybody want to help?)
We'll take a short break from this type of post for a while, as there are some current event-y type of topics I want to explore. Some of them I will try and relate to this analysis--I don't think I'll get famous for my opinions about global warming, Tim Geithner or other headline generators.
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