[drb91]

I always thought it aligned with cold war alliances, in which case brazil would be third world.

Not a terribly meaningful phrase on the whole.... china’s doing well these days, but you’re only going to feel that if you happen to be in the middle or upper class, for example.

[cglace]

China is a second world country by definition.

[drb91]

I guess that was kind of my point: the terms don’t map well to any concrete economic description.