Financial and Monetary Systems

An elephant in the room? Globalization in the US and other mature economies

Dec 12, 2016

Storm clouds are seen above the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Greg Bos/File Photo - RTSRXN2

Caroline Freund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, deconstructs the elephant graph. Image: REUTERS/Greg Bos

Caroline Freund

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

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Global inequality has declined

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Mature economies have performed well throughout the distribution

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Redrawing the elephant

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Changes in the Gini coefficient, mid-1990s to mid-2000s

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