Origin of economic "worlds"

[TheGodlessUtopian]

The last few threads about MTW have promoted my thought. Thinking about the so-called "first-second, third, fourth, and fifth" worlds has gotten me thinking more on the concept in general. Before I go any further, however, I was interested in who the people/ institutions were who created and promoted the concept of these national socioeconomic divisions. So just the history of how it came to play such predominance in discourse. Links or mentioning of journal articles, books, and the like would be most appreciative, as well as general discussion regarding. Thanks.

[Sinister Intents]

I'm pretty fucked up exhausted :( I've wondered tge same thing and remember things from business classes that have lead me to consider the first second and third world thing bullshit. Here be a link I found: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=zwoWVNj2GYqoyAShqoGYAg&url=http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world_countries.htm&cd=2&ved=0CCMQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNFzkWO-3XPc5mMiq4rITGurcFHeLw&sig2=YDdxXroWSoWO2I59vOpBvQ

If I remember I'll come back and add more but I'll probably just text you about it later TGU

[tuwix]

The term itself was first introduced in the late 1940s by the United Nations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World