Jim O'Neill, Columnist

The Best World Cup Ever?

We've reached the quarterfinals in this year's World Cup. Let's take a look at where the tournament stands.

July 2, 2014 at 1:53 PM UTC

Jim O'Neill worked for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. from 1995 until 2013, serving most recently as chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and as the firm's chief economist from 2001 to 2011. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was head of global research at Swiss Bank Corp. O'Neill is the creator of the BRIC acronym, which was derived from his thesis that Brazil, Russia, India and China would dominate growth in emerging markets. He is a member of the boards of the Brussels-based policy-research centers Itinera Institute and Bruegel. He earned a degree in economics from Sheffield University in 1978 and a doctorate from the University of Surrey in 1982. He lives in London.

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So here we are, two and a half weeks into Brazil's World Cup. Thirty-two teams have been reduced to eight and now we can get serious thinking about potential winners.

Or can we?