JESSIE CARPIO
In the book “Revolutionary Wealth” by futurist couple Alvin and Heidi Toffler, there is a quote from Robert Manning of the Council on Foreign Relations that states: “Ponder the world of 2050, an Asia with more than half of the world’s population, perhaps 40 percent of the global economy, more than half of the world’s information technology industry, and world class high-tech military capabilities.” The Philippines, analysts predict, will be the 16th biggest economy by 2050.