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The Globalization of Inequality
François Bourguignon
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Description for The Globalization of Inequality
Hardback. Translator(s): Scott-Railton, Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker Francois Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Exploring globalization's role in the evolution of inequality, Bourguignon takes an original and truly international approach to the decrease in inequality between nations, the increase in inequality within nations, and the policies that might moderate inequality's negative effects. Demonstrating that in a globalized world it becomes harder to separate ... Read more
In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker Francois Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Exploring globalization's role in the evolution of inequality, Bourguignon takes an original and truly international approach to the decrease in inequality between nations, the increase in inequality within nations, and the policies that might moderate inequality's negative effects. Demonstrating that in a globalized world it becomes harder to separate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691160528
SKU
V9780691160528
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About François Bourguignon
Francois Bourguignon is a professor at the College de France, Paris, and former director at the Paris School of Economics. From 2003 to 2007 he was chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank. Bourguignon was made a Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor in 2010.
Reviews for The Globalization of Inequality
A Financial Times Summer Books 2015 selection One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf "This timely and excellent primer on income inequality both within and among nations deserves to be read by both occupiers and occupants of Wall Street."
Publishers Weekly "Globalization has unleashed powerful forces: some wonderful, some worrying. This book can take ... Read more
Publishers Weekly "Globalization has unleashed powerful forces: some wonderful, some worrying. This book can take ... Read more