http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/brics 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 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:47:39 -0400 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:47:39 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1222/brazils-china-challenge By Carlos Sucre - In 2001, Goldman Sachs named Brazil one of the four most important emerging economies, with China, Russia and India.1 The BRICs, a term coined by Jim O’Neill, are prophesized to become four of the top six economies in the world by 2050,2 and, with the United States, form a new core of power. O’Neill argued that if Brazil could, “keep inflation low and engage with the rest of the world, Brazil could immediately become something else.”3 In the past twenty years, Brazil has done that and more. It has established a vibrant democracy, controlled inflation and achieved solid... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1222/brazils-china-challenge