TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alvaredo,Facundo
AU  - Chancel,Lucas
AU  - Piketty,Thomas
AU  - Saez,Emmanuel
AU  - Zucman,Gabriel
TI  - World inequality report 2018
SN  - 9780674984554 (paperback)
AV  - HC79.I5 .W685 2018
U1  - 339.2090512 ALV 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Equality
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Economic history
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1. WID.world and the measurement of economic inequality -- Part 2. Global income inequality dynamics: Trends in global income inequality -- Trends in income inequality between countries -- Trends in income inequality within countries -- United States -- France -- Germany -- China -- Russia -- India -- Middle East -- Brazil -- South Africa -- Part 3. Public vs private capital dynamics: Trends in public vs private wealth ownership over the world -- Developed countries -- Former communist countries -- China -- Russia -- Part 4. Global wealth inequality dynamics: Trends in global wealth inequality -- Trends in wealth inequality within countries -- United States -- France -- Spain -- United Kingdom -- Part 5. Tackling global inequality: What is the future of global income inequality? -- Tackling rising inequality at the top: the role of progressive taxation -- Tax policy in a global environment: the case for a global financial register -- Tackling inequality at the bottom: the need for more equal access to education and good paying jobs -- A message from the past: let governments invest in the future
N2  - The World Inequality Report: 2018 is the most authoritative and up-to-date account of global trends in inequality. Researched, compiled, and written by a team of the world's leading economists, it presents, with unrivaled clarity and depth, information and analysis that will be vital to policy makers and scholars everywhere.--
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