1. Democracy and Capitalism…cont’d 10 steps to democracy… Do we have democracy? “How much?” What are the barriers to democracy??

2. Capitalism: Building on the Love Story Private ownership of the means of production, creation of goods or services for profit in a market, and prices and wages are elements of capitalism (Tormey, 2004). “Do we mean by ‘capitalism’, as we are going to use the term, merely the fact that all means of production are privately owned? Or do we also want to include under the term the further idea of a free market as the determining mechanism of price, wages, profit?” (John S. Mills, 1959)

4. “trickle down” Source: Politics of Health Knowledge Network, 2007

6. Is Capitalism a Disease? (Levins, 2003) Capitalism: “the political economic system, based on private property and private profit (Bannock, Baxter, Reese)…”so that the economy can grow indefinitely” How does capitalism impact health over time? Why are health outcomes getting worse for many people? Why will you be the first generation who will not likely live as long as their forbearers?

7. Global Income inequality: The GINI Coefficient A number between 0 and 1 where 0 corresponds with perfect equality (where everyone has the same income), and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where on person has all the income and everyone else has zero income)

8. Global Income inequality: The GINI Coefficient

9. Global Health Disparities due to Climate Change

10. Worldmapper: Global carbon emissions

11. Worldmapper: Global water use

12. Worldmapper: GDP wealth

13. Worldmapper: Armed Forces at war: 1945-2004

14. Key Drivers of Global Capitalism: Some Examples Economic globalization- Human Rights Implications –De Feyter (2005) defines economic globalization as the breaking down of states’ borders to allow the free flow of finance, trade, production, and labor. –But what does this ‘look like’? The story of Stuff! © Annie Leonard The global fight for the world’s water supply

15. Water resources

16. Industrial water use

17. Ecological Footprint

18. Acid Rain

19. Poverty

20. Female Life expectancy