Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise of the Global Middle Class and Global Plutocrats -- 2. Inequality within Countries -- 3. Inequality among Countries -- 4. Global In equality in Th is Century and the Next -- 5. What Next? -- Notes -- References -- Index

A growing number of people in the world have embraced globalization and actively seek opportunities to live, study, and work in other cultures. Highly talented and deeply motivated, they have been shaped by the new political/economic opportunities, technological realities and personal choices...