The causes of increasing world poverty and inequality; Or, why the matthew effect prevails

Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 119-141

  Wade, Robert Hunter ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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