Inequality Around the World (Paperback)

R. Freeman

ISBN 10: 0333773551 / ISBN 13: 9780333773550

Editore: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2002

Paperback. One of the most troubling developments of since 1980 has been the dramatic rise in inequality among nations and within nations. This book examines the nature of this development in a variety of countries and contexts - China, Russia, Australia, Latin American and Italy - where the rise of inequality has not been studied as intensively as the US or UK. It also presents analyses of some potential causes and consequences of the rise in inequality. One of the developments of the past two decades has been the dramatic rise in inequality among nations and within nations. This book examines the nature of this development in a variety of countries and contexts - China, Russia, Australia, Latin America, Italy - where the rise of inequality has not been studied as intensively as the US or UK. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780333773550

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One of the most troubling developments of the past two decades has been the dramatic rise in inequality among nations and within nations. This book examines the nature of this development in a variety of countries and contexts - China, Russia, Australia, Latin America, Italy - where the rise of inequality has not been studied as intensively as the US or UK. It also presents analyses of some potential causes and consequences of the rise in inequality.

Informazioni sull'autore: KENNETH J. ARROW Stanford University, USA DWAYNE BENJAMIN University of Toronto, Canada SAMUEL BOWLES University of Massachusetts, USA ELIZABETH BRAINERD Williams College, Massachusetts, and Harvard University, USA LOREN BRANDT University of Toronto, Canada FATMA EL-HAMIDI University of Pittsburgh, USA ARMIN FALK University of Zurich, Switzerland URS FISCHBACHER University of Zurich, Switzerland PAUL GLEWWE University of Minnesota, USA ROBERT G. GREGORY Australian National University, Australia MARIANNE HILGERT Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, USA GUO LI The World Bank, Washington DC, USA MARCO MANACORDA London School of Economics, and Queen Mary College, University of London, UK REMCO H.OOSTENDORP Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIGUEL SZÉKELY Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, USA KATHERINE TERRELL University of Michigan, USA.

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Titolo: Inequality Around the World (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new