Introduction: prosperity with inequality in the age of globalization -- Widening income and wealth gap in United States -- Rising prosperity and widening inequality in the People's Republic of China -- Democracy, prosperity, and inequality in India -- Prosperity with equality: future directions

Chapter 1 The Theoretical and Institutional Evolution of Marxist Political Economy on Distribution -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Review on Income Distribution in Western Economics -- Chapter 3 Primary Distribution and Macro Distribution Patterns of National Income -- Chapter 4 Redistribution of...

"This work provides a new, comprehensive, and empirically grounded study of household incomes in China that critically examines the long-term rise and recent apparent decline in inequality. It covers incomes and inequality nationwide as well as separately in the urban and rural sectors, with...