- According to the UN Development Program, the accumulated wealth of the 225 richest individuals in the world is equivalent to the combined annual earnings of the 2.7 billion people at the bottom of the global income ladder. [14]
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- From 1990 to 2007, the GDP per capita average annual growth rate for developing countries was 4.0 percent. For industrialized countries, it was 1.9 percent. [16]
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- Two-thirds of international trade is accounted for by just 500 corporations. [19]
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- In 1947 the average trade tariff on manufactured imports globally was 47 percent; by 1980 it was only 6 percent. [20]
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- Canada and the U.S. share one of the world's largest and most comprehensive trading relationships, one that supports millions of jobs on both sides of the border. In 2006, bilateral trade in goods and services totaled $577 billion, with over $1.6 billion in goods and services crossing the border every single day. [21]
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- 57 percent of the world’s population is considered middle class. [22]
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Seven Revolutions 