Description

School of Life presents the basics of global wealth inequality between today’s 192 countries of the world.  Inequality is just a fact about the world we live in, regardless of what you think about economics justice.  So what causes it?  The video focuses on three factors: institutions, culture, and geography.  The video argues that we should take these lessons to heart and learn modesty in our success and sympathy with others’ poverty.

Discussion Questions

• What qualifies a country as ‘poor’?
• What are the three factors that are the causes of poverty for a country?
• How do corrupt institutions cause poverty?
• What is ‘clan based thinking’ and how is it seen as fair?  Is it fair or corrupt?
• What is the relationship between culture and religion with a country’s wealth?
• How has geography historically affected the agriculture, health, transportation, and natural resources of a country?  How does that then subsequently affect wealth?
• What moral lessons can we learn from all of this?

Keywords: economics, politics, income, inequality, wealth, poverty, culture, geography,