World inequality report 2018 /

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...

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Other Authors: Alvaredo, Facundo (Editor), Chancel, Lucas (Editor), Piketty, Thomas, 1971- (Editor), Saez, Emmanuel (Editor), Zucman, Gabriel (Editor)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Income distribution > Cross-cultural studies.
Equality > Economic aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Economic history > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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