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For millennia the world’s economic mass sat in Eurasia, but the industrial revolution moved it West and now it’s sprinting back to Asia.
  • The GDP‑geocenter graph shows that for thousands of years the global economy’s center of mass was essentially in Eurasia.
  • The industrial revolution pushed the center to Europe and the United States, creating a Western dominance that lasted about a century.
  • Since the 1990s, China and India have reclaimed that central position, compressing centuries of economic change into a few decades.
  • This rapid rebalancing means institutions built for a West‑centric world are losing relevance.
  • The shift is measurable in real‑time GDP data and will continue to accelerate as Asian economies scale.
Balaji SrinivasanThe Peter McCormack Show00:02:08

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“For thousands of years the global economy's center of economic mass was essentially in Eurasia.” — Balaji Srinivasan
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“This took hundreds of years and this happened in tens of years.” — Balaji Srinivasan

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The Global Economic Center Shifts Eastward

Balaji shows how the world's economic mass, once centered in Eurasia, moved West during the industrial revolution and is now racing back to Asia in a matter of decades, reshaping the balance of power.

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