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1 online resource (332 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
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.-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part I. The WID.world project -- The measurement of economic inequality -- Part II. Trends in global income inequality -- Global income inequality dynamics -- Trends in income inequality between countries -- Trends in income inequality within countries -- Income inequality in the United States -- Income inequality in France -- Income inequality in Germany -- Income inequality in China -- Income inequality in Russia -- Income inequality in India -- Income inequality in the Middle East --Income inequality in Brazil --Income inequality in South Africa -- Part III. Public versus private capital dynamics -- Wealth-income ratios across the world -- The evolution of aggregate wealth-income in developed countries -- Comparing the experiences of former communist states -- Capital accumulation, private property, and rising inequality in China -- The rise of private property in Russia -- Part IV. Trends in global wealth inequality -- Global wealth inequality: trends and projections -- Comparing trends in personal wealth inequality across the world -- Wealth inequality in the United States -- Wealth inequality in France -- Wealth inequality in Spain --Wealth inequality in the UK -- Part V. Tackling economic inequality -- What is the future of global income inequality? -- Tackling rising inequality at the top: the role of progressive taxation -- Tax policy in a global environment: the case for a global financial register -- Tackling inequality at the bottom: the need for more equal access to education and good-paying jobs -- A message from the past: let governments invest in the future. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Income distribution -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Income distribution. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Equality -- Economic aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Equality -- Economic aspects. |
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Economic history -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Equality. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics. |
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Economic history. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions. |
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social inequality. |
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distribution of income. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Added Author |
Alvaredo, Facundo, editor.
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Chancel, Lucas, editor.
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Piketty, Thomas, 1971- editor.
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Saez, Emmanuel, editor.
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Zucman, Gabriel, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: World inequality report 2018. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018 9780674984554 (DLC) 2018005084 (OCoLC)1006488267 |
| ISBN |
9780674984769 (electronic book) |
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0674984765 (electronic book) |
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9780674984554 |
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0674984552 |
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