Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization Hardcover – 20 Apr 2016

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Review ------ "Branko Milanovic has written an outstanding book. Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization is informative, wide-ranging, scholarly, imaginative and commendably brief. As you would expect from one of the world's leading experts on this topic, Milanovic has added significantly to important recent works by Thomas Piketty, Anthony Atkinson and François Bourguignon... Ever-rising inequality looks a highly unlikely combination with any genuine democracy. It is to the credit of Milanovic's book that it brings out these dangers so clearly, along with the important global successes of the past few decades." Martin Wolf, Financial Times "In this fascinating book, Milanovic is able to articulate the study of inequality between and within countries in the clearest possible way. A must-read." --Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics "The data [Milanovic] provides offer a clearer picture of great economic puzzles, and his bold theorising chips away at tired economic orthodoxies." The Economist "Global Inequality goes well beyond the narrative of rising inequality captured by French economist Thomas Piketty's surprise 2014 best-seller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. In his highly readable account, Milanovic puts that development into the context of the centuries-long ebbs and flows of inequality driven by economic changes, such as the Industrial Revolution, as well epidemics, mass migrations, revolutions, wars and other political upheavals." --Matt Phillips, Quartz "Milanovic makes global inequality his central focus, though with considerable attention to related political issues. He brings fresh ins to one of today's most talked about issues, clearing up confusion on the way." New Statesman "Milanovic's outstanding book adds significantly to recent works by Thomas Piketty, Anthony Atkinson and Francois Bourguignon." --Financial Times best books for summer. About the Author ---------------- Branko Milanovic is Senior Scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study Center, and Visiting Presidential Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York.