Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1. First Principles -- 1.1 A preview of the book -- 1.2 Inequality of what? -- 1.3 Inequality measurement, justice, and poverty -- 1.4 Inequality and the social structure -- 1.5 Questions -- 2. Charting Inequality -- 2.1 Diagrams -- 2.2 Inequality measures -- 2.3 Rankings -- 2.4 From charts to analysis -- 2.5 Questions -- 3. Analysing Inequality -- 3.1 Social welfare functions -- 3.2 SWF-based inequality measures -- 3.3 Inequality and information theory -- 3.4 Building an inequality measure -- 3.5 Choosing an inequality measure -- 3.6 Summary -- 3.7 Questions -- 4. Modelling Inequality -- 4.1 The idea of a model -- 4.2 The lognormal distribution -- 4.3 The Pareto distribution -- 4.4 How good are the functional forms? -- 4.5 Questions -- 5. From Theory to Practice -- 5.1 The data -- 5.2 Computation of the inequality measures -- 5.3 Appraising the calculations -- 5.4 Shortcuts: fitting functional forms -- 5.5 Interpreting the answers -- 5.6 A sort of conclusion -- 5.7 Questions -- A: Technical Appendix -- A.1 Overview -- A.2 Measures and their properties -- A.3 Functional forms of distribution -- A.4 Interrelationships between inequality measures -- A.5 Decomposition of inequality measures -- A.6 Negative incomes -- A.7 Estimation problems -- A.8 Using the website -- B: Notes on Sources and Literature -- B.1 Chapter 1 -- B.2 Chapter 2 -- B.3 Chapter 3 -- B.4 Chapter 4 -- B.5 Chapter 5 -- B.6 Technical Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.