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Hans Rosling on the Washing Machine

Posted on March 23, 2011 Author oly mike Comments Off on Hans Rosling on the Washing Machine

Thanks to Donna Albert for sending me a link to this video that is running on Grist among other places. It’s an interesting and entertaining piece on global distribution of wealth.

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