Welcome back. Today, we’re diving deep into the transformative shifts in global economics and what these changes mean for us all. We will explore the shifting paradigms in world power dynamics and unpack what this means for you, your finances, and perhaps the future strategies of nations.\n\nThe global economic order is undoubtedly in flux. Experts highlight a significant trend: the twilight of the American Empire. The World Bank anticipates a modest global growth rate of 2.7% in 2025–26, a rate insufficient to counterbalance recent economic shocks and policy uncertainties. Effective tariff rates are at century-high levels, and global headline inflation is declining more slowly than expected. The BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), representing nearly 60% of the global population, leverage their demographic advantage to drive growth and forge new collaborations, increasingly bypassing traditional Western frameworks.\n\nAs Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz notes,