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The globalization of inequality / François Bourguignon ; translated by Thomas Scott-Railton.
By: Bourguignon, François [author.]
.Contributor(s): Scott-Railton, Thomas [translator.].Publisher: Princeton : Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2015Description: 210 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691160528.Uniform titles: Mondialisation de l'inégalité. English Subject(s): Economic history -- 21st century | Globalization -- Economic aspects | Equality -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 339.2 Summary: "In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François 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." -- Publisher's description.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 339.2 BOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 012073 |
"In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François 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." -- Publisher's description.
Translated from the French.