Publication

2003-04-30 - Harvard University Press

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002038724
  • LibraryThing3326353

Classifications

  • LCCHC79.I5 F565 2003

Description

"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 Firebaugh carefully shows, income inequality for the world peaked in the late twentieth century and is now heading downward because of declining income inequality across nations. Furthermore, as income inequality declines across nations, it is rising within nations (though not as rapidly as it is declining across nations). Firebaugh claims that this historic transition represents a new geography of global income inequality in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The New Geography of Global Income InequalityHardcoverHarvard University Press2003-04-30

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