SamuelRSmith on 10 April 2009
What? At 67?
You know it won't suddenly jump to the size of Italy's economy, it will have to grow to be that size, so we'll be seeing the benefits much sooner.
Also note that these estimations don't factor in the fact that it'll be part of the EU, which will help stimulate growth further.
After looking it up, Turkey is also an $800bn economy, and it's GINI and HDI ratins are medium. Hardly "piss-poor".
