TY - BOOK AU - Alvaredo,Facundo AU - Chancel,Lucas AU - Piketty,Thomas AU - Saez,Emmanuel AU - Zucman,Gabriel TI - World inequality report 2018 SN - 9780674984554 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 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1. WID.world and the measurement of economic inequality -- Part 2. Global income inequality dynamics: Trends in global income inequality -- Trends in income inequality between countries -- Trends in income inequality within countries -- United States -- France -- Germany -- China -- Russia -- India -- Middle East -- Brazil -- South Africa -- Part 3. Public vs private capital dynamics: Trends in public vs private wealth ownership over the world -- Developed countries -- Former communist countries -- China -- Russia -- Part 4. Global wealth inequality dynamics: Trends in global wealth inequality -- Trends in wealth inequality within countries -- United States -- France -- Spain -- United Kingdom -- Part 5. Tackling global 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 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.-- ER -