The Great Leveler
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What’s it about?
A sobering look at how only violent catastrophes—war, revolution, state collapse, and plague—have ever significantly reduced economic inequality throughout history.
You’ll learn
- Inequality is civilization's default state
- Total war is history's most powerful leveler
- Revolution destroys elites but creates new ones
- Pandemics can temporarily reverse inequality