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Human Inequality in Global Perspective
by A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi
The past year has been a tumultuous one -- the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world works, but in ways that we do not yet understand, while #BlackLivesMatterhas been challenging deep-seated structures of authority around the world.
We know that the COVID-19 pandemic is a pandemic of inequality -- marginalized and racialized communities are far more vulnerable to the SARS-COV-2 virus. We know that #BlackLivesMatterchallenges structures of inequality. We live in a world that on the one hand is richer than at any other time in human history but which on the other hand sees hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and global inequality being historically unprecedented. These forces can be starkly illustrated: on 20 July 2020 Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, added US$13 billion to his wealth in just one day.
Our world can at times appear to be out of control and beyond our comprehension. Yet it is possible to cut through this complexity and and unpack the key factors shaping the contemporary world. Human inequality in global perspective is designed to enable you to understand how our world of unparalleled affluence and immense deprivation came to be. After all, if we want the world to become a better place the first thing that we must do is try to better understand it.
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Episodes
EP 06 Globalization and development, 1995 to now – rhetoric or reality? PT 3: Transnational corporations and corporate power
8m · PublishedPart 3 of this Episode dissects the corporate power that has accrued to transnational corporations and the implications of that power.
EP 06 Globalization and development, 1995 to now – rhetoric or reality? PT 2: Elements of the transnational corporation
8m · PublishedPart 2 of this Episode introduces transnational corporations as the central agent of the process of globalization.
EP 06 Globalization and development, 1995 to now – rhetoric or reality? PT 1: What is globalization?
9m · PublishedPart 1 of this Episode defines the key characteristics of globalization.
EP 05 Structural adjustment and development dilemmas, 1980 – 1995 PT 4: Do IMF and World Bank policies work?
11m · PublishedIn Part 4 of this Episode, the effectiveness of structural adjustment, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and austerity are evaluated by examining the consequences of such policies.
EP 05 Structural adjustment and development dilemmas, 1980 – 1995 PT 3: The Washington Consensus, structural adjustment and PRSPs
13m · PublishedIn Part 3 of this Episode, the hallmarks of the so-called "Washington Consensus" are laid out and the content of stabilization, structural adjustment and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers are outlined.
EP 05 Structural adjustment and development dilemmas, 1980 – 1995 PT 2: The Bretton Woods institutions
11m · PublishedIn Part 2 of this Episode, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are introduced and explained.
EP 05 Structural adjustment and development dilemmas, 1980 – 1995 PT 1: The debt crisis
10m · PublishedIn Part 1 of this Episode, the origins and consequences of the debt crisis are discussed.
EP 04 Decolonization and state-building, 1950 – 1980 PT 3: Import-substituting industrialization: success or failure?
13m · PublishedPart 3 of this Episode explores the key tenets of the development strategy of the newly-independent states of Asia and Africa, import-substituting industrialization, and evaluates the critique that was laid at the door of import-substituting industrialization.
EP 04 Decolonization and state-building, 1950 – 1980 PT 2: The developmental state
12m · PublishedPart 2 of this Episode looks at the strategy adopted by newly-independent states in Asia and Africa to try and "develop" by improving the living standards and livelihoods of populations, and reflects upon the theoretical basis of this strategy.
EP 04 Decolonization and state-building, 1950 – 1980 PT 1: Origins of decolonization
21m · PublishedPart 1 of this Episode examines the origins of decolonization, paying particular attention to the end of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the rise of nationalism across Asia and Africa.
Human Inequality in Global Perspective has 32 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 7:01:08. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on December 18th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 19th, 2024 10:13.