Still reading the piece, but what stroke me while is how the notion of Global North/South has become weirder and weirder as international economy progresses.<p>I see how there's no magic bullet or really good term to express a notion of two groups of countries. But the metaphor gets really tired when Australia is part of the Global North and Taiwan or China are in the Global South.<p>I'm not versed enough in economy, but I'd wager Brazil and Mexico could also be controversial entries, if we had to compare them to Russia for instance.<p>I feel this is better addressed with terms like G20 which don't rely on any metaphor or imagery.