Inclou referències bibliogràfiques (p. [213]-221) i índexs.

The promise of the twentieth century -- A topic whose time has come -- I: Setting the stage -- The three concepts of inequality defined -- Other differences between the concepts -- International and world inequality compared -- II: Inequality among countries -- Rising differences in per capita incomes -- Regional convergence, divergence, or ... "vergence" -- The shape of international GDP per capita distribution -- Winners and losers: increasing dominance of the west -- III: Global inequality -- Concept 2 inequality: decreasing in the past twenty years -- High global inequality: no trend? -- A world without a middle class -- IV: Concluding comments -- The three concepts of inequality in historical perspective -- Why does global inequality matter and what to do about it?