The Bottom Billion vs The Great Leveler

Paul Collier examines why the poorest countries are falling further behind the rest of the world. He identifies four 'traps'conflict, natural resources, landlocked geography, and bad governancethat keep these nations in poverty. This book is a seminal work in development economics, offering a clear and pragmatic approach to helping the world's most vulnerable populations. It is essential reading f...

Walter Scheidel provides a sobering historical analysis of how inequality has been reduced throughout history. He argues that only 'the four horsemen'mass mobilization warfare, transformative revolution, state collapse, and lethal pandemicshave historically succeeded in significantly reducing wealth concentration. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the long-term history of inequalit...