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978-0-8157-2761-3 • Paperback • November 2017 • $16.00 •
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<div><p><b>Michele Alacevich</b> is associate professor of economic history at the University of Bologna. He is a former director of global studies at Loyola University Maryland and a research fellow at Harvard University, Columbia University, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), and the World Bank.</p><p><b>Anna Soci</b> is professor of economics at the University of Bologna. The author of scholarly articles, books, and textbooks in macroeconomics and international economics, she is a life-member of Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, and was recently research fellow of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, and Jemolo Fellow at the Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Her current research focuses on economics and politics.</p></div>
"<div><p>Contents</p><p>Acknowledgments</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Why Inequality Is the Real Issue</p><p>The Long Neglect of Inequality</p><p>The Statistical Drift of Inequality Studies</p><p>Inequality and Globalization</p><p>Inequality and Democracy: An Open Issue</p><p>The Future of Inequality</p><p>Appendix: Measures of Inequality</p><p>Notes</p><p>Index</p></div>"