World inequality report 2018
By: Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780674984554
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Cross-cultural studies; Equality; Income distribution; Economic history
Description: The World Inequality Report: 2018 is the most authoritative and up-to-date account of global trends in inequality. Researched, compiled, and written by a team of the world's leading economists, it presents, with unrivaled clarity and depth, information and analysis that will be vital to policy makers and scholars everywhere.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The WID.world project; title: The measurement of economic inequality; title: Part II. Trends in global income inequality; title: Global income inequality dynamics; title: Trends in income inequality between countries; title: Trends in income inequality within countries; title: Income inequality in the United States; title: Income inequality in France; title: Income inequality in Germany; title: Income inequality in China; title: Income inequality in Russia; title: Income inequality in India; title: Income inequality in the Middle East; title: Income inequality in Brazil; title: Income inequality in South Africa; title: Part III. Public versus private capital dynamics; title: Wealth-income ratios across the world; title: The evolution of aggregate wealth-income in developed countries; title: Comparing the experiences of former communist states; title: Capital accumulation, private property, and rising inequality in China; title: The rise of private property in Russia; title: Part IV. Trends in global wealth inequality; title: Global wealth inequality: trends and projections; title: Comparing trends in personal wealth inequality across the world; title: Wealth inequality in the United States; title: Wealth inequality in France; title: Wealth inequality in Spain; title: Wealth inequality in the UK; title: Part V. Tackling economic inequality; title: What is the future of global income inequality?; title: Tackling rising inequality at the top: the role of progressive taxation; title: Tax policy in a global environment: the case for a global financial register; title: Tackling inequality at the bottom: the need for more equal access to education and good-paying jobs; title: A message from the past: let governments invest in the future.