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Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Prologue: The Promise of the Twentieth Century | p. 1 |
Introduction: A Topic Whose Time Has Come | p. 3 |
Setting the Stage | |
The Three Concepts of Inequality Defined | p. 7 |
Other Differences between the Concepts | p. 12 |
International and World Inequality Compared | p. 20 |
Inequality Among Countries | |
Rising Differences in Per Capita Incomes | p. 31 |
Regional Convergence, Divergence, or..."Vergence" | p. 45 |
The Shape of International GDP Per Capita Distribution | p. 51 |
Winners and Losers: Increasing Dominance of the West | p. 61 |
Global Inequality | |
Concept 2 Inequality: Decreasing in the Past Twenty Years | p. 85 |
High Global Inequality: No Trend? | p. 101 |
A World without a Middle Class | p. 128 |
Concluding Comments | |
The Three Concepts of Inequality in Historical Perspective | p. 139 |
Why Does Global Inequality Matter and What to Do about It? | p. 149 |
Appendixes 1-7 | p. 163 |
Notes | p. 195 |
References | p. 213 |
Index of Authors | p. 223 |
Index of Subjects | p. 225 |
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