Inequality around the World

Branko Milanovic

IMF Institute, March2010

Website: http://bit.ly/ckX4Uu

Review empirical movements in international and global inequality 1950-2010

•Focus on global interpersonal inequality in the last twenty years

•Explain methodological problems and choices we face when using HSs to measure global inequality

•Address the impact of new PPPs

•Give a historical overview

•Review political philosophy stance toward global redistribution and global inequality

Content:

Presentation
Global Inequality
Ethics and Global Redistribution
Openness and Inequality
Global Income Distribution
Inequality and Politics
Inequality and Transition
Ginis, Polarization Measures
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"

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