Why is the world’s wealth distributed as it is?
At the end of the last post, looking at Gapminder, we took note that the rich countries of the world could be divided up into roughly four groups. There are the states of western Europe; a few former English colonies, most notably the US; the oil-rich countries of the Persian Gulf; and finally the highly-industrialised countries of east Asia.
How did it come to be that way? Well, how long has it been that way? Continue reading “Finding the energy”