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Global income inequality by the numbers : in history and now --an overview-- (English)

The paper presents an overview of calculations of global inequality, recently and over the long-run as well as main controversies and political and philosophical implications of the findings. It focuses in particular on the winners and losers of the most recent episode of globalization, from 1988 to 2008. It suggests that the period might have witnessed the first decline in global inequality between world citizens since the Industrial Revolution...
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Milanovic,Branko L..

Global income inequality by the numbers : in history and now --an overview-- (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6259 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/959251468176687085

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