Social Sciences and History / Unit 12 SSH 1139 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Globalization and Inequality, Measured
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The idea
World regional geography is in many ways a study of global inequality, Finlayson says. Inequality is uneven wealth: by some accounts the wealthiest one percent hold as much as the bottom ninety-nine; around half the world lives on under two dollars a day, a fifth under one.
In practice
Open governments beside authoritarian ones.
Where people slip
The figures are undated and attributed.
Your place on the trail
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