The Great Leveler

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 inequality and the grim realities of social change. It is a challenging, provocative, and deeply researched work that forces readers to confront the limitations of peaceful policy reform in addressing extreme wealth disparity.