Historians have long contested the degree to which the central tenet of the Declaration of Independence - that all men are created equal - has manifested itself in American society and national policy. According to James L. Huston, many historians have focused too intently on class differences,...

Umverteilung durch Steuern und Abgaben ist kein probates Mittel zur Verringerung ökonomischer Ungleichheit, weil sie im globalen Rahmen regelmäßig unterlaufen wird. Als wesentlich wirkungsvoller hat sich eine nationale Arbeitsmarkt- und Bildungspolitik erwiesen. (2-3)

"Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully....

"The thesis is simple: Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix this problem. But the labor movement of today has failed to enable enough individuals to join unions. Thus, organized labor's powerful potential is being wielded...

This volume addresses the origin and effects of advantage and disadvantage from a global and UK perspective, and provides an overview of of a variety of conceptual frameworks and a spectrum of social inequalities, processes, and divisions.