"Seeking Equality compares economic inequality in the United States and Canada, North American neighbors with much in common--socially, politically, and economically--yet whose contemporary populations are marked by significant differences of material well-being. This book surveys the data and...

Seeking Equality compares economic inequality in the United States and Canada. The North American neighbors have much in common-socially, politically, and economically-yet Canadians enjoy significantly higher levels of equality and material well-being. Harles explores the values and policy...

North Atlantic Thinkers on the Problem of Inequality (1770s-1920s) -- First Sightings of Inequality in the Canadian Colonies (1790s-1830s) -- Emerging Protestant Critiques of Wealth (1830s-1880s) -- Labour Voices, Worker Intellectuals, and the Politics of Immanence (1870-1920) -- Spiritual...