Alfred Sauvy (1898-1990) coined the terms “First World,” Second World,” and “Third World” in 1952, at the height of Cold War I,i to refer, respectively, to Capitalist America, Communist Russia, and Everyone Else. Of course, Sauvy, being the good Catholic he was, went further: Capitalists = Nobility of Global Power, Communists = Clergy of Rigid […]
