The New Geography of Global Income Inequality /

The New Geography of Global Income Inequality / / Glenn Firebaugh.

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The surprising finding of this book is that, contrary to conventional wisdom, global income inequality is decreasing. Critics of globalization and others maintain that the spread of consumer capitalism is dramatically polarizing the worldwide distribution of income. But as the demographer Glenn Fire...

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Firebaugh, Glenn,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2006
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I. The New Geography Hypothesis
  • Chapter 1. Massive Global Income Inequality: When Did It Arise and Why Does It Matter?
  • Chapter 2. The Reversal of Historical Inequality Trends
  • Part II. Measurement
  • Chapter 3. How Is National Income Measured, and Can We Trust the Data?
  • Chapter 4. Inequality: What It Is and How It Is Measured
  • Part III. Evidence
  • Chapter 5. What We Already Know
  • Chapter 6. Income Inequality across Nations in the Late Twentieth Century
  • Chapter 7. Weighted versus Unweighted Inequality: Key to the Divergence Debate
  • Chapter 8. Continental Divides: Asia, Africa, and the Reversal of the Trend
  • Chapter 9. Change in Income Inequality within Nations
  • Part IV. Explanations and Predictions
  • Chapter 10. Causes of the Inequality Transition
  • Chapter 11. The Future of Global Income Inequality
  • Epilogue: Does Rising Income Bring Greater Happiness ?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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