The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century

(Part of the The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Series)

by Walter Scheidel

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How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history

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 inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691183252

ISBN13:9780691183251

Release Date:September 2018

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:528 Pages

Weight:1.16 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

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