4.01.2009

Gee, no wonder I'm so confused


The world has had G-overload for decades. There's the G-2, with China and the U.S.; the G-5, composed of the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany and Japan; the G-7, which is the G-5 plus Canada and Italy; the G-77, a gaggle of developing countries; and others...

[From A Slate of G-20 Rivals Is Waiting in the Wings - WSJ.com]

...also a G-8, which is the G-7 plus Russia (or the G-5 plus Russia, Canada, and Italy) and, of course, the G-20.



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