Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Social Reform and Capitalism -- II. The Socialism of Social Democracy -- III. The Impact of Social Democracy and the Welfare State on Social Inequality -- IV. The Global Economy and the Decline of Social Reform -- V....

"While there is no denying that the world has made huge progress against absolute poverty over the last 200 years, until recent times the bulk of that progress had been made in wealthy countries only. The good news is that we have seen greater progress against poverty in the developing world in...