ANTH 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Emotions, Fair Deal, Glasnost
18 Aug 2014
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Lecture 6 cross cultural interaction ii development and underdevelopment. Tale of two countries us versus argentina. Since 1820 world gdp has increased 50x, per capita incomes 10x and yet there has been much concentration of wealth. Corporations frequently externalize costs and the classic approach to development is gdp. Food over production in poor countries frequently shipped to rich ones for better prices leads to domestic famine. Land, water, and food are part of the irreducible minimum" for life, yet costs vary. Brazil has the largest international debt and is the top deforester in the world. Yet the spread of globalization has also had impacts on the west, particularly north america. People go to where the money is. Ex, doctors in africa will move western to make more money. Drive wages down for all german bus driver get 16x the wage of a nigerian bus driver.
