The New Geography of Global Income Inequality

by Glenn Firebaugh

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674019873

ISBN13:9780674019874

Release Date:March 2003

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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Business Business & Investing Comparative Demography Economic Conditions Economics Globalization International Labor & Industrial Relations Macroeconomics Political Economy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics Social Sciences

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