1 edition of The great leveler found in the catalog.
The great leveler
Walter Scheidel
Published
2017
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Other titles | Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century, Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the 21st century |
| Statement | Walter Scheidel |
| Series | The Princeton economic history of the Western world, Princeton economic history of the Western world |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | HM821 .S235 2017 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xvii, 504 pages |
| Number of Pages | 504 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL27230499M |
| ISBN 10 | 0691165025 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780691165028 |
| LC Control Number | 2016953046 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 958799667 |
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In The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century, Walter Scheidel offers an account of how ‘Four Horsemen’ – warfare; revolution; state collapse; and pandemics – have been the primary mode through which income levelling has occurred throughout history.
While this is a key contribution to the study of inequality, Roberto Iacono. Although The Great Leveler paints our prospects in pessimistic hues, not all the lights have yet gone out.
Branko Milanovic’s recent book, Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization, is significantly more upbeat. It points to benign as well as malign ways through which inequality can be reduced.The Great Leveler () takes a look at the inequality faced by different societies throughout history.
It highlights war, plague and other major catastrophes as a leveler of the unequal distribution of power and property, prompting the question: can equality be achieved in a non-violent manner?
