While the last years of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century had been shaped by the emergence of the Pacific Rim as the new core of the global economy, by the mid-twenty-first century, the rise of the Indian Ocean Rim – linking India with a fast-growing African continent – could well be the next centre of global economic dynamism.25 It is with this thought in mind that the futurologist Hans Rosling likes to recommend that investors buy beachfront properties in Somalia.
Great quote
