Firebaugh, Glenn. <br/><br/>
The new geography of global income inequality / 
Glenn Firebaugh. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard University Press,  2003. 
 - xiii, 257 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index. 
<br/><br/>Massive global income inequality : when did it arise and why does it matter? -- The reversal of historical inequality trends -- How is national income measured, and can we trust the data? -- Inequality : what it is and how it is measured -- What we already know -- Income inequality across nations in the late twentieth century -- Weighted versus unweighted inequality : key to the divergence debate -- Continental divides : Asia, Africa, and the reversal of the trend -- Change in income inequality within nations -- Causes of the inequality transition -- The future of global income inequality -- Epilogue : does rising income bring greater happiness? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0674010671 (alk. paper) 9780674010673 (alk. paper) 0674019873 (pbk.) 9780674019874 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002038724 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-Z5203 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Income distribution.<br/>Distribución del ingreso.<br/>Desigualdad económica regional.<br/>Crecimiento económico<br/>Inversiones.<br/>Inversiones extranjeras.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC 79  / F523n 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.9