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The Haves and the Have Nots
Branko Milanovic
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Description for The Haves and the Have Nots
Paperback. One of the world's leading experts on global income distribution walks us through the quirks of wealth through the ages Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: KCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why- beyond the idle curiosity- do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots , Branko Milanovic, one of the world's leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through time. Milanovic uses history, literature and stories straight out of today's newspapers, to discuss one of the major divisions in our ... Read more
Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why- beyond the idle curiosity- do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots , Branko Milanovic, one of the world's leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through time. Milanovic uses history, literature and stories straight out of today's newspapers, to discuss one of the major divisions in our ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
292g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465031412
SKU
V9780465031412
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Ref
99-2
About Branko Milanovic
Branko Milanovic, lead economist at the World Bank's research division in Washington, DC, and professor at University of Maryland, is author of Worlds Apart.
Reviews for The Haves and the Have Nots
"if you have the slightest interest in politics and macro-economics, you should be (in possession of the book). When Milanovic gets serious, he becomes indispensable." (Spectator) "Branko Milanovic...had a triumphantly simple idea for a popular book which will surely also become a staple of social science department reading lists..." (Times Literary Supplement)"