Comments on: USA and China - the superpower stuggle http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/11/09/usa-and-china-the-superpower-stuggle/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Neil Craig http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/11/09/usa-and-china-the-superpower-stuggle/#comment-11383 Neil Craig Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:31:41 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/11/09/usa-and-china-the-superpower-stuggle/#comment-11383 While I agree that China & perhaps the USA are on target to be players I don't think the cause of EU failure is anything to do with either lack of military power or declining population. China is also an economic rather than military power (such military power as it has is merely what is inevitable in such a wealthy economy) & has gone to great lengths to prevent population growth. I think the problem is purely that China has made growing its economy their absolute goal putting ideaology back in the box whereas the EU countries, including ourselves, rarely mention growth, even more rarely doing anything & are much more concerned about political correctness & Ludditism. It need not be that way if people really understood how strongly compound growth works. While I agree that China & perhaps the USA are on target to be players I don’t think the cause of EU failure is anything to do with either lack of military power or declining population. China is also an economic rather than military power (such military power as it has is merely what is inevitable in such a wealthy economy) & has gone to great lengths to prevent population growth.

I think the problem is purely that China has made growing its economy their absolute goal putting ideaology back in the box whereas the EU countries, including ourselves, rarely mention growth, even more rarely doing anything & are much more concerned about political correctness & Ludditism.

It need not be that way if people really understood how strongly compound growth works.

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