Comparison Table & Maps

Here are the sites I'm expecting you to use for your classwork; bring your laptops... This will be due at the end of next week.


The Economist website:
http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock

CIA Factbook: GDP, per capita
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html

Global Indicator:
http://kff.org/global-indicator/infant-mortality-rate/

http://kff.org/global-indicator/gni-per-capita/

http://kff.org/global-indicator/population-below-1-25-a-day/

Two parts of your assignment: 

Observations: On the back of your table, discuss any observations you have, based the information in your table. Use the textbook example, bottom, p. 262.

 Questions: Read pp. 150-155. Answer the following questions on loose-leaf.

1.   Using the Economist website (see above), what is the "current" global public debt?

2.     How have trade flows changed since WWII? What trends have emerged since the 1980's?

3.     What is "foreign debt"? To whom is debt owed?

4.     Why do countries choose to go into debt? Is going into debt a bad thing? When is it good or bad?

5.     Should debts to African countries be "forgiven" or should these loans be "interest free"? Discuss.

And a map for you...