Shalendra D. Sharma is a professor in the Department of Politics at the University of San Francisco, as well as the Lee Shau Kee Foundation Chair Professor of Political Science at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

• 1. Introduction: prosperity with inequality in the age of globalization; 2. Widening income and wealth gap in United States; 3. Rising prosperity and widening inequality in the People's Republic of China; 4. Democracy, prosperity, and inequality in India; 5. Prosperity with equality: future directions.

'This is the first comparative study of the drivers of inequality in three countries with radically different political and economic institutions. Shalendra D. Sharma shows how the interaction between globalization, institutional arrangements and public policy can increase income inequality in different political and economic contexts. His original insights and sobering findings should make this book required reading for all concerned with the causes and consequences of inequality in the new gilded age.' Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College, California and author of China's Crony Capitalism

Shalendra D. Sharma is a professor in the Department of Politics at the University of San Francisco, as well as the Lee Shau Kee Foundation Chair Professor of Political Science at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

• 1. Introduction: prosperity with inequality in the age of globalization; 2. Widening income and wealth gap in United States; 3. Rising prosperity and widening inequality in the People's Republic of China; 4. Democracy, prosperity, and inequality in India; 5. Prosperity with equality: future directions.

'This is the first comparative study of the drivers of inequality in three countries with radically different political and economic institutions. Shalendra D. Sharma shows how the interaction between globalization, institutional arrangements and public policy can increase income inequality in different political and economic contexts. His original insights and sobering findings should make this book required reading for all concerned with the causes and consequences of inequality in the new gilded age.' Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College, California and author of China's Crony Capitalism

Shalendra D. Sharma is a professor in the Department of Politics at the University of San Francisco, as well as the Lee Shau Kee Foundation Chair Professor of Political Science at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

• 1. Introduction: prosperity with inequality in the age of globalization; 2. Widening income and wealth gap in United States; 3. Rising prosperity and widening inequality in the People's Republic of China; 4. Democracy, prosperity, and inequality in India; 5. Prosperity with equality: future directions.

'This is the first comparative study of the drivers of inequality in three countries with radically different political and economic institutions. Shalendra D. Sharma shows how the interaction between globalization, institutional arrangements and public policy can increase income inequality in different political and economic contexts. His original insights and sobering findings should make this book required reading for all concerned with the causes and consequences of inequality in the new gilded age.' Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College, California and author of China's Crony Capitalism