Cover -- The New Economics of Inequality and Redistribution -- Series Editor -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Table -- Preface -- 1: The new economics of inequality and redistribution -- Inequality, institutions, and economic performance -- Market...

We explore cultural aspects of globalization and provide a model to illuminate some possible effects of globalization on the politics of redistribution within nations. The argument of the paper is as follows. Globalization is an extension of nationalism (not its antithesis) with regard to some...

Can the welfare state survive in an economically integrated world? Many have argued that globalization has undermined national policies to raise the living standards and enhance the economic opportunities of the poor. This book, by sixteen of the world's leading authorities in international...