Winners and losers

Cards (9)

  • In 2016 Tata group closed steel factories in UK - low skilled labour in the UK was more expensive than low skilled labour in the East
  • By 2000 the majority of emerging nations were growing faster than HICs
  • Haiti - 30% of people have 65% wealth
  • Chongqing is one of the dirtiest cities in China because of its concentrated economic growth
  • Oxfam in 2016 - 1% of people had 99% wealth
  • East China Sea - Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan is the busiest in the world in terms of cargo tonnage
  • China and Sweden GDP/capita rising but China see rises in its ecological footprint where Sweden is not
  • China eco FP = 1970 was 1 vs 2023 = 3.71
  • Sweden eco FP 1970 = 8 and 2023 = 8