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Great Leveler

By Walter Scheidel

Great Leveler Psychology

Great Leveler

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Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that it never dies peacefully. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world. The "Four Horsemen" of leveling--mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues--have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future. An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent--and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
528
Release Date:
2018-09-18
Publication Date:
2018-09-04
Publisher:
Princeton Univers. Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0691183252
ISBN13:
9780691183251
Weight:
518 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
50 cm
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