International Policy Rules and Inequality : Implications for Global Economic Governance Hardback

Edited by Jose Antonio Ocampo

Part of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization series

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Description

Over the past decades, the world has seen a dramatic increase in inequality.

To what extent have the rules that govern the global economy, formally or informally, affected this trend?

How can global governance arrangements be reformed to counteract them?In this book, an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars scrutinizes how the rules of global economic governanceâ€”or the lack thereofâ€”determine the extent and growth of inequality.

Economists, political scientists, lawyers, and other experienced contributors bring together cutting-edge research on global rule making and inequality, exploring how international rules can exacerbate inequalities among and within countries to show the crucial interactions between policy choices and the distribution of income and wealth.

They provide an in-depth examination of the rules governing foreign-investment protection, cross-border financial flows, and intellectual property rights, as well as the lack of standards governing international taxation and the channels through which they might affect inequality.

With a focus on ambitious and achievable reforms, this book offers concrete steps toward global economic governance capable of counteracting inequitable wealth distribution and bringing about fairer economic growth.