The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality
One of the world’s leading experts on global income distribution walks us through the quirks of wealth through the ages
One of the world’s leading experts on global income distribution walks us through the quirks of wealth through the ages
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780465019748 (0465019749)
Publish date: December 28th 2010
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
I don't have an economics shelf; I don't anticipate that I'll ever have two books to put on it. Milanovic does a great job of explaining how we determine relative income and wealth across hundreds of very different nations, and the history of the field. That's all fascinating and readable, with lots...