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A Global Perspective on Social Class and Inequality: A Public Policy Document is an extensive study of global poverty and inequality with practical examples drawn from the State of Oklahoma, USA. Herein are theories, diverse perspectives on poverty, insights into poverty’s root causes and measures for tackling the global scourge. Poverty is multidimensional, global and national. In the USA, it is shaped by national and state politics. Globally, culprits include poor governance and an entrenched extractive global system. The latter is mediated (in part) by multilateral entities like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and multinational business malfeasance. What Others Say “This extraordinary document is an elaborate, synergistic, and interdisciplinary synthesis whose historical, comparative, and cosmopolitan outlook makes it attractive to the reading public across the world. The book makes important contributions to the understanding of poverty.” Toyin Falola, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas, Austin, and Mwalimu Chair of Modern African Studies, Benue State University, Nigeria. “Sagini and team have employed a postmodern style to write an original classic whose assemblage of interrelated scholarly essays is creatively, harmoniously, and magnificently woven together at the conclusion.” Maxwell Owusu, Distinguished Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.