Open AccessGlobal Income Inequality: What it is and Why it Matters?
Author(s) -
Branko Milanović
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
ssrn electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1556-5068
DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.871664
Subject(s) - inequality , economic inequality , economics , demographic economics , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The paper presents a nontechnical summary of the current state of debate on the measurement and implications of global inequality (inequality between citizens of the world). It discusses the relationship between globalization and global inequality. And it shows why global inequality matters and proposes a scheme for global redistribution.
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