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The Political Origins of Inequality

Hardcover • 2015 • 1. edition

The Political Origins of Inequality

By Simon Reid-Henry

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About the book

Inequality is the defining issue of our time. But it is not just a problem for the rich world. It is the global 1% that now owns fully half the world's wealth--the true measure of our age of inequality. In this historical tour de force, Simon Reid-Henry rewrites the usual story of globalization and development as a story of the management of inequality. Reaching back to the eighteenth century and around the globe,

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9780226236797

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The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2015

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1

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The Political Origins of Inequality

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Hardcover

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