Talk:G15

European Union
I removed the EU from the list, since it is not a country. The total (world) is enough for contrast. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.142.65.164 (talk) 01:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Arbitrary?
I would argue that it is arbitrary, and would like to see some references provided to argue that that is the rationale for it being 15-strong. After all, there's a gap of 45% between Spain and Italy; Italy and above is the G6 plus BRIC: a logical building block of its own. I realise that the reason for the disclaimer about arbitrariness is that editors don't want it to seem as if it's a Wikipedia construction, but we need to have references for these statements, people! Particularly, it must be said, if G15 overwhelmingly refers to the Group of 15 emerging and developing economies. Bastin 15:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

According to the 2008 figures Indonesia isn't even 15th, it's 16th below Turkey

Agreed, pretty arbitrary. PPP is known for large shifts from year to year. Nominal would be a better choice. But if you used nominal, raw GDP, you'd expose the arbitrary nature of this group even further: Australia is the 14th largest economy in the world with the 5th most traded currency, but is missing from this group. This article appears to be written from quite a biased and passionate perspective. 210.215.140.180 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:03, 11 October 2009 (UTC).

The number is not arbitrary. G6+BRIC is another useful block as is the G15. Indonesia and Turkey in fact changed positions in some 2008 rankings. GDP(PPP) does not largely shift from year to year. That's exactly why it is commonly used instead of nominal GDP! The former comment seems to have been written from quite a biased, passionate and nationalistic perspective. 200.218.208.14 (talk) 18:28, 5 November 2009 (UTC)