The globalization of inequality

The globalization of inequality

by Bourguignon, François

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"In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Exploring globalization's role in the evolution of inequality, Bourguignon takes an original and truly international approach to the decrease in…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The globalization of inequality / François Bourguignon ; translated by Thomas Scott-Railton.

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"In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Exploring globalization's role in the evolution of inequality, Bourguignon takes an original and truly international approach to the decrease in inequality between nations, the increase in inequality within nations, and the policies that might moderate inequality's negative effects." -- Publisher's description.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781400865659, 1400865654
  • oclc:ocn966016945
  • LC Classification:HC59.3
  • Dewey Decimal:A339.22

Table of Contents

Globalization and inequality -- Global inequality -- Detailed evidence on the recent changes in global inequality -- Are countries becoming more unequal? -- Globalization and the forces behind the rise in inequality -- Toward a fair globalization : prospects and principles -- Which policies for a fairer globalization? -- Globalizing equality?

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