GLENN FIREBAUCH is Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University.
Firebaugh punctuates the widely held myth that the world's income
inequality is increasing, convincingly contending that because of
the decline of between-nation inequality, global inequality is
falling....While Robert Barro, Branko Milanovic, Francois
Bourguignon, Christian Morrison, and Firebaugh himself have
presented some of these findings in articles, no scholar matches
Firebaugh in bringing these major findings together in a monograph
that is clearly written, well-organized, and methodologically
sound.--E. W. Nafziger"Choice" (09/01/2003)
Glenn Firebaugh has produced a book of remarkable clarity and depth
on a subject of enormous complexity and importance. His findings
are groundbreaking and backed up by concurrent research in
economics: The recent era of globalization has witnessed less
rather than more income inequality between nations.--Leslie
McCall"Contemporary Sociology" (11/01/2004)
If you want to understand how global income equality has evolved in
recent decades and why, look no further. Glenn Firebaugh has
provided the most complete, thoughtful, and intriguing study on the
subject, "The New Geography of Global Income
Inequality"...Firebaugh's argument is articulate, forceful, and
well presented. All who are concerned with issues of income
inequality, scholars and laypersons alike, will find much to learn
from this book, as will students seeking to master the art of
conducting empirical social science. For these reasons, I highly
recommend Firebaugh's latest contribution.--Yu Xie "American
Journal of Sociology "
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