Worlds Apart Measuring International and Global Inequality

Name: Worlds Apart Measuring International and Global Inequality
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ISBN: 9780691130514

ISBN-10: 0691130515

ISBN-13: 9780691130514

Edition: 2005

Authors: Branko Milanovic

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Branko Milanovic argues that global inequality, like global poverty or global climate change, is one of the trans-national issues that are brought to the fore by the process of globalisation, the importance of which will keep on increasing.

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/22/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.17" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue: The Promise of the Twentieth Century


Introduction: A Topic Whose Time Has Come



Setting the Stage



The Three Concepts of Inequality Defined



Other Differences between the Concepts



International and World Inequality Compared



Inequality Among Countries



Rising Differences in Per Capita Incomes



Regional Convergence, Divergence, or..."Vergence"



The Shape of International GDP Per Capita Distribution



Winners and Losers: Increasing Dominance of the West



Global Inequality



Concept 2 Inequality: Decreasing in the Past Twenty Years



High Global Inequality: No Trend?



A World without a Middle Class



Concluding Comments



The Three Concepts of Inequality in Historical Perspective



Why Does Global Inequality Matter and What to Do about It?


Appendixes 1-7


Notes


References


Index of Authors


Index of Subjects