Table of Contents

Introduction: Our Unequal World Glossary Acknowledgements 1. Production, Work and Income 2. The Inequality of Income 3. Inequalities of Births, Lives, Health and Death 4. Land, Agriculture, Food and Hunger 5. Four Sources of Ineqaulity 6. The International Economy 7. The Environment 8. Refugees and Migration 9. Repression and Discrimination 10. Inequality and History Sources

Promotional Information

Covering such topics as human inequality, inequalities between north and south, demographic differences, migration and refugees, and armed forces, this visual text acts as a teaching guide. Each topic has a two-page spread that includes diagrams, charts and short text.

About the Author

Bob Sutcliffe started his academic career in 1964 as a research officer in the Institute of Economics and Statistics, Oxford University. For four years he was also a fellow and tutor in economics at Jesus College, Oxford. He then went on to become a consultant to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) (1970-74). He is currently coordinator of research in Hegoa, University Institute for the Study of Development and the International Economy and a professor at the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao.

Reviews

A unique and extremely valuable book. With innovative and clear graphic presentations of information, Sutcliffe provides an enlightening view of the inequalities that plague the world economy. Each image is accompanied by a brief explanation and a short, effective commentary. It is the graphs themselves, however, that are the heart of the book. They are marvelous tools for provoking discussion of complex economic issues, and thus they are exceptionally useful in the class room. It is a new proof of an old adage: a picture is worth 1000 words!
*Arthur MacEwan, University of Massachusetts*