The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century Romance_Gift_Guide " —Sarah Lyall

" —Sarah Lyall

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The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century Romance_Gift_Guide " —Sarah LyallHow 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 strike and