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Acknowledgments Highlights for 2018 Introduction: Better Inequality Data for a More Informed Democratic Debate I. The Wid.World Project 1. The Measurement of Economic Inequality II. Trends in Global Income Inequality 2. Global Income Inequality Dynamics 3. Trends in Income Inequality between Countries 4. Trends in Income Inequality within Countries 5. Income Inequality in the United States 6. Income Inequality in France 7. Income Inequality in Germany 8. Income Inequality in China 9. Income Inequality in Russia 10. Income Inequality in India 11. Income Inequality in the Middle East 12. Income Inequality in Brazil 13. Income Inequality in South Africa III. Public versus Private Capital Dynamics 14. Wealth–Income Ratios across the World 15. The Evolution of Aggregate Wealth–Income in Developed Countries 16. Comparing the Experiences of Former Communist States 17. Capital Accumulation, Private Property, and Rising Inequality in China 18. The Rise of Private Property in Russia IV. Trends in Global Wealth Inequality 19. Global Wealth Inequality: Trends and Projections 20. Comparing Trends in Personal Wealth Inequality across the World 21. Wealth Inequality in the United States 22. Wealth Inequality in France 23. Wealth Inequality in Spain 24. Wealth Inequality in the UK V. Tackling Economic Inequality 25. What is the Future of Global Income Inequality? 26. Tackling Rising Inequality at the Top: The Role of Progressive Taxation 27. Tax Policy in a Global Environment: The Case for a Global Financial Register 28. Tackling Inequality at the Bottom: The Need for More Equal Access to Education and Good-Paying Jobs 29. A Message from the Past: Let Governments Invest in the Future Conclusion Appendix Notes