The Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
Walter Scheidel
The book examines the historical patterns of economic inequality, arguing that significant reductions in inequality have only ever been brought about by catastrophic events such as wars, revolutions, state collapse, and pandemics, which the author terms "the Four Horsemen." It presents a sweeping analysis of the dynamics that drive inequality and the drastic measures that have flattened it throughout human history.
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