Walter Scheidel

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The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First CenturyPaperback, 18 September 2018

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Part of Series
Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Print Length
528 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
18 Sep 2018
ISBN-10
0691183252
ISBN-13
9780691183251

Description

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

Author:
Walter Scheidel
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
18 September 2018
Dimensions:
20.32 x 13.46 x 3.81 cm
ISBN-10:
0691183252
ISBN-13:
9780691183251
Language:
English
Location:
Princeton
Pages:
528
Weight:
498.95 gm

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