The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World, 74) Cover
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The Great Leveler Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World, 74)

Walter Scheidel

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...

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Ezra cited the book as a source on how wars, plagues and societal collapse have historically reduced extreme inequality.

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another book about moments in time when inequality really changed the great leveler. And I would say that the takeaway of that book is the only forces stronger than those protecting great inequality o...

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Ezra cited the book as a source on how wars, plagues and societal collapse have historically reduced extreme inequality.

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another book about moments in time when inequality really changed the great leveler. And I would say that the takeaway of that book is the only forces stronger than those protecting great inequality of wealth are wars, plagues and total societal collapse.

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