http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3101/shalendra-d-sharma Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:49:03 -0400 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:49:03 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1271/the-g-20-preempts-the-g-8-what-kind-of-world-economic-order By Shalendra D. Sharma - Few would disagree that the most significant development at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh during September 24-25, 2009 was the formal acknowledgement of the changing of the guards. In the draft communiqué, President Barack Obama declared that from now on, the Group of 20 (G-20) will be the primary organization responsible for coordinating global economic policy. The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was more explicit, noting that “the old system of international economic cooperation is over. The new system, as of today, has begun... The G-20 is now the premier economic organization... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1271/the-g-20-preempts-the-g-8-what-kind-of-world-economic-order