Jim O'Neill

The writer is a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Commercial Secretary to the UK Treasury, Honorary Professor of Economics at Manchester University ,and a visiting research fellow at the economic think tank Bruegel, and Chairman of the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance.

Will the BRICS ever grow up?

Having created the BRIC acronym to capture the collective potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and China to influence the world economy, I now must ask a rather awkward question: When is that influence going to show up?

3y ago

Global cooperation as a life-and-death issue

Just two years ago, the topic of drug-resistant infections would usually be met with questions like "What is AMR?" or, "Why would a finance minister take charge of a health crisis?" Few understood the scale and multifaceted nature of the challenge, and thus the need for a comprehensive approach.

8y ago
September 21, 2021
September 21, 2021

Will the BRICS ever grow up?

Having created the BRIC acronym to capture the collective potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and China to influence the world economy, I now must ask a rather awkward question: When is that influence going to show up?

July 15, 2016
July 15, 2016

Global cooperation as a life-and-death issue

Just two years ago, the topic of drug-resistant infections would usually be met with questions like "What is AMR?" or, "Why would a finance minister take charge of a health crisis?" Few understood the scale and multifaceted nature of the challenge, and thus the need for a comprehensive approach.