Global Inequality - A New Approach for the Age of Globalization

Informationen zum Autor Branko Milanovic is Visiting Presidential Professor and Core Faculty at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He was formerly Lead Economist in the World Bank's research department. His books include Global Inequality (Harvard) and The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality . Klappentext A bold new account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Zusammenfassung Branko Milanovic presents a bold account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Using vast data sets! he explains the forces that make inequality rise and fall within and among nations over time. He reveals who has been helped by globalization! who has been hurt! andwhat policies might tilt the balance toward economic justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Rise of the Global Middle Class and Global Plutocrats Chapter 2. Inequality within Countries Chapter 3. Inequality among Countries Chapter 4. Global Inequality in This Century and the Next Chapter 5. What Next? Notes References Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Branko Milanovic
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9780674737136
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73713-6
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 224 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Political Economy, BUS023000 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, DG Title, BUS069030 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory