World Inequality Report 2018 : : 2018 /

World Inequality Report 2018 : : 2018 / / ed. by Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman.

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 of inequality, it presents—with unrivaled clarity and depth—information and analysis that will be vital to...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Alvaredo, Facundo,
Chancel, Lucas,
Piketty, Thomas,
Saez, Emmanuel,
Zucman, Gabriel,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (370 p.) :; 40 tables and 90 graphs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Highlights for 2018
  • Introduction: Better Inequality Data for a More Informed Democratic Debate
  • PART I. The WID.world Project
  • 1. The Measurement of Economic Inequality
  • PART II. Trends in Global Income Inequality
  • 2. Global Income Inequality Dynamics
  • 3. Trends in Income Inequality between Countries
  • 4. Trends in Income Inequality within Countries
  • 5. Income Inequality in the United States
  • 6. Income Inequality in France
  • 7. Income Inequality in Germany
  • 8. Income Inequality in China
  • 9. Income Inequality in Russia
  • 10. Income Inequality in India
  • 11. Income Inequality in the Middle East
  • 12. Income Inequality in Brazil
  • 13. Income Inequality in South Africa
  • PART III. Public versus Private Capital Dynamics
  • 14. Wealth-Income Ratios across the World
  • 15. The Evolution of Aggregate Wealth-Income in Developed Countries
  • 16. Comparing the Experiences of Former Communist States
  • 17. Capital Accumulation, Private Property, and Rising Inequality in China
  • 18. The Rise of Private Property in Russia
  • PART IV. Trends in Global Wealth Inequality
  • 19. Global Wealth Inequality: Trends and Projections
  • 20. Comparing Trends in Personal Wealth Inequality across the World
  • 21. Wealth Inequality in the United States
  • 22. Wealth Inequality in France
  • 23. Wealth Inequality in Spain
  • 24. Wealth Inequality in the UK
  • PART V. Tackling Economic Inequality
  • 25. What is the Future of Global Income Inequality?
  • 26. Tackling Rising Inequality at the Top: The Role of Progressive Taxation
  • 27. Tax Policy in a Global Environment: The Case for a Global Financial Register
  • 28. Tackling Inequality at the Bottom: The Need for More Equal Access to Education and Good-Paying Jobs
  • 29. A Message from the Past: Let Governments Invest in the Future
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes

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