27 July, 2010

Your Children In The West Will Have A Lower Standard Of Living Than You Did

"We've had a trend for most of the past 200 years: GDP of countries like China and India went down while the West surged. That's now changed. Emerging economies will go up, and your children in the West will have a lower standard of living than you did. Absolutely. We won't sink to the bottom of the sea. But other countries will grow much faster than us. The world is very competitive, and the odds are stacked against us. Americans, with their inborn arrogance, will not let it go that easily, so there will be lots of tension going forward."

in Agora Financial Conference

Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.