Geography 3442F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Economic Forum
11 Mar 2017
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62 wealthiest people make up 1/3 of the poorest people. 8 billionaire men own the same wealth as the poorest 3. 6 billion people. Chief executive of oxfam explains what the images in media are doing and the previous image is meant to shock people. 1 in 9 people go to bed hungry. In switzerland is a joining of world leaders to find ways to help the world and it gathers the world leaders. The chinese president attended the wef in davos and spoke about world trade and opens for free trade where as the us wants to close this. A ugandan executive woman will be there to shed a personal light. Obama and bush focused on agriculture, health, gender equality. 1st, 2nd, 3rd world came from communism and capitalism to explain the geopolitical situations after the second world war. Capitalism was first world the western world. 2nd world was ussr and the western worlds allies = communism.
