6 New Countries Invited to Join the Brics

[Maxmars]

I had always been inclined to think of the entire BRICS exercise as a sort of economic "false flag" or "confidence game."

I know many of the talking heads disagree... (although not all.) 

There is great emphasis on what they "could" do as a group.  But somehow, they don't seem economically cohesive and even less politically so.

Maybe I'm mistaken... it is very possible, but I am still on the fence as to whether this is something distinct (let alone viable) or is it an "insertion" into the casino of the universe of banking.