Adams-Kane, Jonathon; Lim, Jamus Jerome - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
polarity values for nation states in the global economy. The calculations suggest that China, Western Europe, and the United … States have been important growth poles over the broad course of world history, and in modern economic history the United … States, Japan, Germany, and China have had prominent periods of growth polarity. The paper goes on to analyze the economic …