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Global 3000 is Deutsche Welle's weekly magazine that explores the intersection of global development and the environmental and social conditions of the diverse cultures of the world. In each program, host Michaela Kufner presents three to four video-rich segments that profile a different part of the planet where man's quest for economic and industrial strength is jeopardizing the ecosystems and the social and economic structures of people thousands of miles away. The program not only documents where those struggles are taking place - but how some groups and individuals are finding solutions to the growing problems of global development.
How were water routes used as conduits of expansion and trade? The tra ders of the Indian Ocean, the early Mississippians, and the Norsemen c arried death and disease, skills and technologies, philosophies and re ligion down rivers and across oceans.
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What lasting impacts did modern imperialism have on the world? The pro found consequences of imperialism are examined in the South African fr ontier and Brazil, where politics, culture, industrial capitalism, and the environment were shaped and re-shaped.
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In this program we look at some of the basic concepts in economics, fr om theories on how and why people in society make economic choices to how the government and each one of us influences the economy. Economic s is the study of choices, what people want and how they obtain it. Ec onomics is a social science and can be used as a way of solving proble ms, a way of viewing the world, or a way to study the choices people m ake when they're faced with scarcity. Important definitions that are c overed in this program are: opportunity cost, market, demand, supply, competition, inflation, and employment. Examples of how economics is i nvolved with such things as credit cards, labor unions, voting, minimu m wage, environmental regulations, and taxes are also given. Key econo mic concepts like monetary policy, fiscal policy, consumer price index , and gross domestic product are introduced. Keeping up with economic news and knowing how to read charts and graphs that contain economic i nformation will help when preparing for this portion of the GED test.