Global inequality
Subtitle: a new approach for the age of globalization
By: Branko Milanovic
Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780674737136
Subjects: Social aspects; Equality; Globalization; Economic aspects; Income distribution
Description: The recent surge of inequality in the West has been driven by the revolution in technology, just as the Industrial Revolution drove inequality 150 years ago. Drawing on vast data sets and cutting-edge research, Milanović explains the benign and malign forces that make inequality rise and fall within and among nations. He reveals who has been helped the most by globalization, who has been held back, and what policies might tilt the balance toward economic justice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise of the global middle class and global plutocrats --; title: Inequality within countries: introducing Kuznets waves to explain long-term trends in inequality --; title: Inequality among countries: from Karl Marx to Frantz Fanon, and then back to Marx? --; title: Global inequality in this century and the next --; title: What next?: ten short reflections on the future of income inequality and globalization.