Comments on: On BRICs and broken boxes http://matt.me63.com/2008/12/16/on-brics-and-broken-boxes/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:09:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mattedgar http://matt.me63.com/2008/12/16/on-brics-and-broken-boxes/#comment-1102 mattedgar Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:18:44 +0000 http://matt.me63.com/?p=382#comment-1102 Wow! Thanks for the comment, and good luck with the trip. I guess my discomfort with the term BRIC comes when it's used to indiscriminately lump together the populations of those four countries into one homogenised mass of consumers. To make pronouncements on, say, the needs of Russians based on evidence from Brazil. On the other hand, it sounds like you have decided to get to know each of the countries more intimately, which is a much more profitable course of action. Can't wait to see what you find, and what the term BRIC measns to you when you get back. Regards, Matt Wow! Thanks for the comment, and good luck with the trip. I guess my discomfort with the term BRIC comes when it’s used to indiscriminately lump together the populations of those four countries into one homogenised mass of consumers. To make pronouncements on, say, the needs of Russians based on evidence from Brazil. On the other hand, it sounds like you have decided to get to know each of the countries more intimately, which is a much more profitable course of action. Can’t wait to see what you find, and what the term BRIC measns to you when you get back. Regards, Matt

]]> By: brictour http://matt.me63.com/2008/12/16/on-brics-and-broken-boxes/#comment-1101 brictour Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:57:48 +0000 http://matt.me63.com/?p=382#comment-1101 I don't know that I agree with your assessment of the term BRIC. They are of course different countries. So are the countries of Latin America, or the countries of Africa, or the English-speaking world for that matter. It doesn't mean that you can't combine them conceptually and then use that concept to compare them. I'm planning to do just that -- take a trip that helps me learn more about the similarities and differences between them. Check out my trip blog at http://www.brictour.blogspot.com. I don’t know that I agree with your assessment of the term BRIC. They are of course different countries. So are the countries of Latin America, or the countries of Africa, or the English-speaking world for that matter. It doesn’t mean that you can’t combine them conceptually and then use that concept to compare them.

I’m planning to do just that — take a trip that helps me learn more about the similarities and differences between them. Check out my trip blog at http://www.brictour.blogspot.com.

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