Globalization and Inequality

by Elhanan Helpman

Book Overview

One of the world's leading experts on international trade explains that we must look beyond globalization to explain rising inequality.

Globalization is not the primary cause of rising inequality. This may come as a surprise. Inequality within nations has risen steadily in recent decades, at a time when countries around the world have eased restrictions on the movement of goods, capital, and labor. Many assume a causal relationship,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674984609
• ISBN13: 9780674984608
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"