Re: Re: Re: Re: Sweatshop and Underpollution Question

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Brad De Long wrote:

> The 1990s *are* the first decade since the start of the industrial
> revolution when world inequality dropped: the 50% jump in output per
> capita in India and the doubling of output per capita in China in
> the past decade are extremely nice to see...

Milanovic found an increase in global inequality - measured at the
level of individuals, not countries - between 1988 and 1993. While
average Chinese incomes increased, inequality has increased within
China, so the impact on global inequality (among individuals, not
nations) isn't immediately obvious. Elsewhere, gaps between the U.S.
and South Asia, Latin America, and Africa - measured at the national,
not the individual level - have increased. So what's your evidence to
the contrary?

Doug