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The globalization of inequality / François Bourguignon ; translated by Thomas Scott-Railton ; with a new preface by the author.

by Bourguignon, François, author.

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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2015.

Economic history -- 21st century.

Globalization -- Economic aspects.

Equality -- Economic aspects.

9780691175645 (pbk.) :

xv, 210 pages : charts ; 22 cm

Globalization and inequality -- Global inequality -- Detailed evidence on the recent changes in global inequality -- Are countries becoming more unequal? -- Globalization and the forces behind the rise in inequality -- Toward a fair globalization : prospects and principles -- Which policies for a fairer globalization? -- Globalizing equality?

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 and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Bourguignon takes an original and truly international approach to examining globalization's role in the decrease in inequality between nations, the increase in inequality within nations, and the policies that might moderate inequality's negative effects. A new preface contextualizes recent economic and political developments, such as the rise in extreme populism, the associated drive toward increased protectionism, and anti-immigrant sentiment.

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