Worlds Apart Measuring International and Global Inequality

Setting the stage : The Three Concepts of Inequality Defined - Other Differences between the Concepts - International and World Inequality Compared / - Inequality among countries: Rising Differences in Per Capita Incomes - Regional Convergence, Divergence, or ... ''Vergence'' - The Shape of International GDP Per Capita Distribution - Winners and Losers: Increasing Dominance of the West / - Global inequality: Concept 2 Inequality: Decreasing in the Past Twenty Years - High Global Inequality: No Trend? - A World without a Middle Class / - Concluding comments: The Three Concepts of Inequality in Historical Perspective - Why Does Global Inequality Matter and What to Do about It?