THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION: PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY IN GLOBALIZATION

Globalization And Inequality In Different Economic Blocks

Globalization and Inequality

Globalization and Inequality

IN our efforts to understand the state of inequality today, we need first to define the key concepts and terms. Most crucially, we need to distinguish between international and global inequality in order to avoid terminological confusion. I explore these two concepts throughout the essay. Here it suffices to say that international inequality denotes the inequality between nations, more exactly ...

Globalization and Inequality

The theory of comparative advantage predicts that, with expanding global markets, income inequality in poorer countries should decrease. To date, however, the international record on inequality is at best mixed in the face of recent globalization. In this paper, we outline an alternative theory that seems more consistent with what has actually happened.

Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality ?

Inequality is an important threat to the globalization of the world economy that we experience today. This contribution uses the coefficient of height variation as a measure of inequality. This indicator covers not only wage recipients, but also the selfemployed, the unemployed, housewives, children, and other groups who may not participate in a market economy, for the period 1950–79, for which...