141 years down… four to go. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) — the club of 34 Western industrial democracies — figures China will overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy by 2016. So would end a run that began in 1871, if The Economist’s start date is to be believed. Of course, the OECD wonks performed their prognostications the usual way — projecting current trends far into the future. Thus [...] A New Meaning to “Four More Years” appeared in the Daily Reckoning . Subscribe to The Daily Reckoning by visiting signup for an Agora Financial newsletter .