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Ensayos de Economía
Print version ISSN 0121-117XOn-line version ISSN 2619-6573
Abstract
NUDELSMAN, Susana. Global Inequality in the Current Era. Ens. Econ. [online]. 2022, vol.32, n.61, pp.11-34. Epub Mar 09, 2023. ISSN 0121-117X. https://doi.org/10.15446/ede.v32n61.97281.
One of the most vehement criticisms to the current global era refers to the issue of huge income disparities within and between countries. At present, global inequality is higher than it was 200 years ago but, at the same time, up to COVID 19, the Gini index marks the first time since the Industrial Revolution that it stopped rising. This downward trajectory has been driven by a decline in between-country inequality -the main explanatory factor for global income disparities- partially offset by a rise in within-country inequality. The downward trend between countries should not be unexpected, since low-income countries in Asia, particularly China, have experienced growth rates substantially above the world average in the context of a rapid industrialization process. The pandemic has revealed and worsened preexisting inequalities in both within and between countries, so that global inequality also appears to have increased since its outbreak.
JEL: D3; F01; F6.
Keywords : Inequality; globalization; economic policy.