One of the world's leading experts on global inequality tells the fascinating story of wealth and poverty through the ages in a series of short, quirky vignettes. Inequality is a surprisingly slippery issue because it involves not just straight comparisons of, say, two individuals, but has to accoun[...]

We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds Apart addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by com[...]