Concept information
Preferred term
global economic inequality
Definition
- Global economic inequality is the worldwide divergence of financial resources among nations, but also among households and individuals, or among classes, genders, and other socially defined groups. Debates about economic inequality worldwide, its characteristics, causes, and consequences, are at the heart of contemporary political, scholarly, and policy debates. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Inequality, Global Economic]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/global_economic_inequality
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