World Sociology

Why some Countries are Rich and others are Poor

The School of Life is an organisation that shares a range of content around different philosophical ideas and theories.

This 15-minute video can be used to generate discussions around the differences in ‘practice’ and organisation in developing and developing nations:

This organisation are worth following on YouTube as they have useful content on other concepts too.



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