Part I. The WID.world project
1. The measurement of economic inequality Part II. Trends in global income inequality 2. Global income inequality dynamics -- 3. Trends in income inequality between countries -- 4. Trends in income inequality within countries -- 5. Income inequality in the United States -- 6. Income inequality in France -- 7. Income inequality in Germany -- 8. Income inequality in China -- 9. Income inequality in Russia -- 10. Income inequality in India -- 11. Income inequality in the Middle East -- 12. Income inequality in Brazil -- 13. Income inequality in South Africa Part III. Public versus private capital dynamics 14. Wealth-income ratios across the world -- 15. The evolution af aggregate Wealth-income in Developed countries -- 16. Comparing the experiences of Former communist states -- 17. Capital Accumulation, private property, and rising inequality in China -- 18. The rise of private property in Russia Part IV. Trends in global wealth inequality 19. Global wealth inequality: Trends and projections -- 20. Comparing trends in personal wealth inequality across the world -- 21. Wealth inequality in the United States -- 22. Wealth inequality in France -- 23. Wealth inequality in Spain -- 24. Wealth inequality in United Kingdom Part V. Tackling economic inequality 25. What is the future of global income inequality? -- 26. Tackling rising inequality at the top: the role of progressive taxation -- 27. Tax policy in a global environment: the case for a global financial register -- 28. Tackling inequality at the bottom: the need for more equal access to education and good paying jobs -- 29. A message from the past: let governments invest in the future.

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