The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as case studies, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Finland during the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. The authors show that in the US, trends are...

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

Introduction -- Why inequality is the real issue -- The long neglect of inequality -- The statistical drift of inequality studies -- Inequality and globalization -- Inequality and democracy -- The future of inequality

In seinen zahlreichen Büchern zieht der Schweizer Soziologe, Politiker und engagierte Streiter für eine gerechtere Welt gegen den Finanz-Kapitalismus der heutigen Zeit zu Felde, der sich im Zuge der Globalisierung über die ganze Welt ausgebreitet hat und nach seiner Überzeugung für Hunger...