SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Modernization Theory, Neocolonialism, International Inequality
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Na, west europe, australia, new zealand, japan, saudi arabia i think are high income countries. There is also middle upper, middle lower and low on the map. Most africans engaged in substinence agriculture, don"t engage in market relations. 7 billion ppl in the world, 60 million ppl are in the top 1 percent of income earners. Most of these 1 percenters are in the us, germany, etc . They earn 34 000 or more after taxes per year. Orange is sub subsaharn africa, prurple is the rich countire like the western world and japan. From 1975 to 2005 = africa"s gdp fell but the rich countries" gdp shot up so much. China"s economy from 75 to 2005 grew so much more than other countries like canada. Whether we think inequality is growing depends on how we measure that. Bottom line = inequality between countires has increased, the gini index for this has gone up.
