"BRICS is a structured economic association of five high profile emerging market economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa. Each nation has its particular strengths along with its particular weaknesses, but in the case of the BRICS as one economic entity, the original purpose of the alliance is that each country's strengths will become stronger and their weaknesses will diminish. Since its inception, the BRICS countries have been the bellwether for the economic future of the emerging economies. The Future BRICS provides in depth quantitative and qualitative questions and answers about the future of the BRICS Forum as a synergistic economic alliance, measured against the backdrop of the mutual political and economic benefits for each member country and relative to the strengths and weaknesses of each country's independent geopolitical macroeconomic base. The economic future of these five high profile emerging economies gives the reader an extensive look into the economic future of the emerging market economies overall. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the ongoing international debate about the economic future and sustainability of the emerging markets in general"--.