Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization
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Winner of the Bruno Kreisky Prize, Karl Renner Institut A Financial Times Best Economics Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year A Livemint
Best Book of the Year One of the world’s leading economists of
inequality, Branko Milanovic presents a bold new account of the dynamics
that drive inequality on a global scale. Drawing on vast data sets and
cutting-edge research, he explains the benign and malign forces that
make inequality rise and fall within and among nations. He also reveals
who has been helped the most by globalization, who has been held back,
and what policies might tilt the balance toward economic justice. “The
data [Milanovic] provides offer a clearer picture of great economic
puzzles, and his bold theorizing chips away at tired economic
orthodoxies.” —The Economist “Milanovic has written an
outstanding book...Informative, wide-ranging, scholarly, imaginative and
commendably brief. As you would expect from one of the world’s leading
experts on this topic, Milanovic has added significantly to important
recent works by Thomas Piketty, Anthony Atkinson and François
Bourguignon...Ever-rising inequality looks a highly unlikely combination
with any genuine democracy. It is to the credit of Milanovic’s book
that it brings out these dangers so clearly, along with the important
global successes of the past few decades. —Martin Wolf, Financial Times
