The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality

by Branko Milanović

Book Overview

Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why -- beyond the idle curiosity -- do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots , Branko Milanovic, one of the world's leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465031412
• ISBN13: 9780465031412
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher