# The inventor of BRICS has a message for ‘lazy, colonial’ Europe—India and China are still not taken seriously enough on the world stage

- Source: Fortune
- Published: 2026-10-19T05:00:00+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/10/19/jim-oneill-economics-paper-no-66-brics-lazy-colonial-europe-india-china/
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Jim O’Neill’s Goldman Sachs Economics Paper No. 66 reshaped how business leaders looked at the world, but it may now be time for a significant upgrade

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