TOKYO -- Hans Rosling, the late Swedish statistician, had a magician's eye for presenting numbers. One of his most striking performances can be seen in a 2010 video called "200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes." It has been watched 10 million times on the BBC's YouTube channel.
Despite the locomotive of capitalism speeding nations worldwide toward better health and more wealth, recent data suggests most of us feel more insecure than ever. © Illustration by Chuan Ming Ong
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