US in a converging world, Hans Rosling on CNN (Fareed Zakaria GPS)

[utkusarioglu]

logarithmic income, linear lifespan

[TuomasHietanen]

Lifespan is interesting...

Income is not: The value and total amount of USD is changing, so it is miss-leading to use it here as a constant axis.

[MrTimoRii]

Latest EU numbers are here:

appsso eurostat ec europa eu

In 2009 Luxemburg was in lead and Denmark as second. Norway should be somewhere between the two of them.

If you look at purchasing power instead, then Netherlands gets just a little bit ahead of Denmark, and Luxemburg stays much ahead of other EU countries.

[fp2015]

all of this is sadly true, but it has to do with different reasons. one, the US debt, our government can not pay this off because of politics and war. two, us falling behind on education, all of those countries that are catching up to the US have better education than us. and three, the US government itself, with the government being so corrupted, we can not get rid of the debt, which in turn causes the government to cut back on everything, which then causes kids to be less educated.

[Biel7318]

this is propaganda for free market economy, pure BS.

[sludgiebear]

@TheBestinTest I see things as they are. :)

[eukbos]

lol, "that was the spanish flood"....

I'd like to know which were the european and asian country that were ahed of US in 2010

[futharkable]

@eukbos

The European country has got to be Norway, as it is already known as the richest country in the world. (per capita, that is.)

And yes, im Norwegian ;)

[choudechou]

@futharkable Richest country per capita is Qatar not Norway. I think Norway ranked 4th or 5th in 2010!

[Kirkburn]

@eukbos no, that was the Spanish FLU.

[sludgiebear]

We wont all live in the "healthy wealthy corner" because those with more power will not allow it. They will want to remain on top. It's the capitolist way - take all you can, give as little back as you can.

China is catching up only because it started to become capitolist!

These statistics, along with the narration, reflect nothing but propaganda and false ideologies - false hope for the world.

[AndrewPPrice]

That was fascinating! It really flips the approach usually taken by the news and shows the economy in a much brighter light. It's great to see the poorer countries lifestyle and lifespan improving. Three cheers for humanity :D

[ViraIVideos]

Statistics is a gem, and the closest thing we have to seeing or predicting the future.

Thanks again Hans for an amazing vid :)

[javierar87]

i believe the host has a zero-sum thinking

[AnInfinitethereality]

Yay! Let's just be happy for everyone!

[shaedies]

One of those video's that should really be viewed more.