200 Years of History in 4 Minutes

Jan 08, 2011

This video shows Dr. Hans Rosling charting the improvements in health and income around the world over the past 200 years.

The 4-minute clip is an extract from The Joy of Stats. The complete video of The Joy of Stats can be seen here.

Rosling’s GapMinder website describes itself as a “non-profit venture – a modern ‘museum’ on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.” It was founded in Stockholm in 2005.

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French Prime Minister Calls For Limits To Globalisation

Dec 17, 1999

French Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin, has called for stronger international institutions and regulatory mechanisms to rein in the forces unleashed by globalisation.

Speaking in Tokyo, Jospin said that he was not opposed to globalisation, but attacked the “excessive power of multinationals”.

He decried the “intolerable inequalities” and the crushing of national identities created by the global economy.

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