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distance
Part # 1
Economies with high power distance.
Part # 2
Economies with low power distance.
Part # 1
Economies with
high power distance
Gap between the richest 10% and the poorest 10% of the population
Place
Gap
Mexico
26:1
USA
16:1
Italy
11:1
Japan
10:1
Canada
9:1
UK
9:1
OECD on average
9:1
Germany
8:1
France
6:1
Nordic countries
5-6:1
http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,3343,en_2649_33933_41533262_1_1_1_1,00.html
http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_2025/2025_Global_Trends_Final_Report.pdf
Income
distribution
http://www.economicsofinformation.com/2011/05/inequality-is-growing-around-world.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html
http://issuu.com/0xfam/docs/oxfam-bp-working-for-few-political-/7?e=1574349/6403563
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/11/focus?fsrc=scn/tw/te/dc/brazil
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/AFCR09/AFCR09_full_report.pdf
http://a330.g.akamai.net/7/330/25828/20081021185552/graphics.eiu.com/PDF/Democracy%20Index%202008.pdf
Several
authoritarian
regimes
in Africa
Severe income
disparity is a
very high
global risk
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2013.pdf
http://viewswire.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=VWArticleVW3&article_id=1777812562
http://www.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=infographics&info_name=infographic_democracy
Democracy
http://www.freedomhouse.org/report-types/freedom-press
Green = free
Purple = Not free
http://www.transparency.org/cpi
http://www.transparency.org/cpi
Work
The boss is seen as the source of ultimate
responsibility in business.
Education
Teachers are called gurus and are viewed as the
source of all knowledge.
Family
The patriarch, usually the father, is considered the
leader of the family.
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/india-country-profile.html
Religiosity
and wealth
http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=258
http://www.gallup.com/poll/142727/Religiosity-Highest-World-Poorest-Nations.aspx#1
http://www.gallup.com/poll/142727/Religiosity-Highest-World-Poorest-Nations.aspx#1
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-09/how-sanofi-boss-saw-story-end-in-60-hours-in-board-tussle.html
Northern cities
Based on wide, horizontal networks of trust and reciprocity.
Southern cities
Were in the vice grip of authoritarian hierarchies that squeezed
out individual initiative and created distrust between citizens.
Source: Gratton, Lynda: Hot Spots, p. 188.
Sources
Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUM2rCIUdeI
Bales, Kevin: Why there are 27 million slaves in 2010. http://bigthink.com/ideas/24524
Part # 2
Economies with
low power distance
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html
http://pasisahlberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Jakarta-Talk-2013.pdf
http://www.nccr-democracy.uzh.ch/news_events/image/Demokratiebarometer_Europa_D.pdf
The 10
countries
with
highest
quality of
democracy
http://www.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=infographics&info_name=infographic_democracy
http://www.freedomhouse.org/report-types/freedom-press
Green = free
Purple = Not free
http://www.transparency.org/cpi
http://www.transparency.org/cpi
http://www.gallup.com/poll/142727/Religiosity-Highest-World-Poorest-Nations.aspx#1
http://www.gallup.com/poll/114211/Alabamians-Iranians-Common.aspx
Power distance
http://www.na-businesspress.com/jabe/coxweb12-6.pdf