BRICS: Threat to US and World Economy? Search more on the BRICS. There is no specific outline for the paper., find the attributes of the theme and organize the paper accordingly. Some of the important subsections are the following including but not limited to: BRICS threatening US economy BRICS currency vs. US$ BRICS as reserve currency BRICS advantage/disadvantage to world economy BRICS currency back by gold Why do some other countries want to join BRICS (BRICS+)? Major issues with BRICS countries