What is BRICS?

In this episode, your hosts, Ben and Kate, discuss what BRICS is, the group's goal and what nations are included in BRICS.

Research/Resources:

• “Brics: What is the group and which countries have joined?” by BBC. Published in BBC website February 1, 2024 and available on https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66525474 
• “BRICS: Acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa” by James Chen, reviewed by Gordon Scott, and fact checked by Ryan Eichler. Published in Investopedia December 4, 2023 and available on https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/brics.asp#:~:text=2-,The%20Bottom%20Line,counterbalance%20to%20traditional%20Western%20influence. 
• “Dreaming of BRICS: The Path to 2050” by Dominic Wilson and Roopa Purushothaman. Published on Goldman Sachs website October 1, 2003 and available on https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/archive/archive-pdfs/brics-dream.pdf 
• “The Path to 2075 – Slower Global Growth, But Convergence Remains Intact” by Kevin Daley, and Tadas Gedminas. Published on Goldman Sachs website December 6, 2022 and available on https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/gs-research/the-path-to-2075-slower-global-growth-but-convergence-remains-intact/report.pdf 
• “Ron Insana cautions against falling for the latest version of the BRICs” by Ron Insan. Published in CNBC website September 1, 2023 and available on https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/01/ron-insana-cautions-against-falling-for-the-latest-version-of-the-brics.html 

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