Introduction Part 1: Inequality in an Historical Perspective 1. Globalization, Income Distribution and History Part 2: Income Inequality 2. From Earning Dispersion to Income Inequality 3. Social Mobility 4. The Size of Redistribution in OECD Countries: Does it influence Wage Inequality Part 3: Globalisation and Well-Being 5. Global Health 6. Economic Integration and Cross-country Convergence: Exercises in Growth Theory and Empirics 7. Cultural Diversity, European Integration and the Welfare State 8. The Welfare State, Redistribution and the Economy Part 4: Multidimensional Inequality 9. Social Welfare, Priority to the Worst-Off and the Dimensions of Individual Well Being 10. Three Approaches to the Analysis of Multidimensional Inequality 11. Multidimensional Egalitarianism and the Dominance Approach: A Lost Paradise? 12. The Normative Approach to the Measurement of Multidimensional Inequality