TY - BOOK AU - Alvaredo,Facundo AU - Chancel,Lucas AU - Piketty,Thomas AU - Saez,Emmanuel AU - Zucman,Gabriel TI - World inequality report 2018 /edited by Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman SN - 9780674984769 AV - HC79 .W675 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - Income distribution KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Equality KW - Economic aspects KW - Economic history KW - 21st century KW - Electronic Books N1 - 1; Part I. The WID.world project --; The measurement of economic inequality --; Part II. Trends in global income inequality --; Global income inequality dynamics --; Trends in income inequality between countries --; Trends in income inequality within countries --; Income inequality in the United States --; Income inequality in France --; Income inequality in Germany --; Income inequality in China --; Income inequality in Russia --; Income inequality in India --; Income inequality in the Middle East --Income inequality in Brazil --Income inequality in South Africa --; Part III. Public versus private capital dynamics --; Wealth-income ratios across the world --; The evolution of aggregate wealth-income in developed countries --; Comparing the experiences of former communist states --; Capital accumulation, private property, and rising inequality in China --; The rise of private property in Russia --; Part IV. Trends in global wealth inequality --; Global wealth inequality: trends and projections --; Comparing trends in personal wealth inequality across the world --; Wealth inequality in the United States --; Wealth inequality in France --; Wealth inequality in Spain --Wealth inequality in the UK --; Part V. Tackling economic inequality --; What is the future of global income inequality? --; Tackling rising inequality at the top: the role of progressive taxation --; Tax policy in a global environment: the case for a global financial register --; Tackling inequality at the bottom: the need for more equal access to education and good-paying jobs --; A message from the past: let governments invest in the future; 2; b N2 - The World Inequality Report: 2018 is the most authoritative and up-to-date account of global trends in inequality. Researched, compiled, and written by a team of the world's leading economists, it presents, with unrivaled clarity and depth, information and analysis that will be vital to policy makers and scholars everywhere.-- UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2103687&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -