Now the Economist is normally great, but this line
"This may help to explain the success of Silicon Valley, one of the last workplaces in America where hard and soft drinks still jostle for space in the company fridge."
Triumphalism without much actual substance. The Japanese have an amazing standard of living, superb infrastructure, world beating products and awesome tech.
If you wander around a big city in India you'll see wild dogs and malnourished children, enormous shanty towns and slums. How this nationalistic rag called the india times can proclaim "victory" as having "toppled" Japan is beyond me.
Also - claiming that Russia and India are coming to the aid of European countries is completely ridiculous. India currently receives £1billion + in aid from the UK.
Having a "big" economy because there are 1 billion citizens within that economy doesn't mean anything in itself.
"This may help to explain the success of Silicon Valley, one of the last workplaces in America where hard and soft drinks still jostle for space in the company fridge."
Is a little stupid.