Growth, Inequality, and Globalization: Theory, History, and Policy

by Philippe Aghion and Jeffrey G. Williamson

Book Overview

The question of how inequality is generated and how it reproduces over time has been a major concern for social scientists for more than a century. Yet the relationship between inequality and the process of economic development is far from being well understood. These Raffaele Mattioli Lectures have brought together two of the world's leading economists, Professors Philippe Aghion (a theorist) and Jeffrey Williamson (an economic historian), to question...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521659108
• ISBN13: 9780521659109
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"