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In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker Fran‡ois Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Exploring globalizations role in the evolution of inequality, Bourguignon takes an original and truly international approach to the decrease in inequality between nations, the increase in inequality within nations, and the policies that might moderate inequalitys negative effects. An informed and original contribution to the current debates about inequality, this book will be essential reading for anyone who is interested in the future of the world economy.

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"This timely and excellent primer on income inequality both within and among nations deserves to be read by both occupiers and occupants of Wall Street."--Publishers Weekly

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Fran‡ois Bourguignon is professor emeritus and former director at the Paris School of Economics. From 2003 to 2007 he was chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank.

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