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The Political Origins of Inequality
Simon Reid-Henry
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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, The Political Origins of Inequality foregrounds the political turning points and decisions behind the making of today's uneven societies. As it weaves together insights from the Victorian ... Read more
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, The Political Origins of Inequality foregrounds the political turning points and decisions behind the making of today's uneven societies. As it weaves together insights from the Victorian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
481g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226236797
SKU
V9780226236797
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About Simon Reid-Henry
Simon Reid-Henry is associate professor in the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London and a senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. He is the author of The Cuban Cure: Reason and Resistance in Global Science, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for The Political Origins of Inequality
The Political Origins of Inequality makes the bold claim that popular thinking on global development is profoundly and fundamentally flawed because many of the economists who have written many of the best sellers have often been shortsighted. This is an important book about big issues, dismissive of facile solutions, it should change the terms of the debate on why the ... Read more