Alle reden von Ungleichheit, seitdem der Mittelstand schrumpft und die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich gröe︢r wird. Doch stimmt das wirklich: Führt Kapitalismus zwangsläufig zu Ungleichheit? Wie müssen wir dann die Wohlstandsphase nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg verstehen? Branko Milanovic zählt...

"Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as unequal as they are today? For want of sufficient data, these questions have not yet been answered. This paper infers inequality for 14 ancient, pre-industrial societies using...

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as unequal as they are today? For want of sufficient data, these questions have not yet been answered. This paper infers inequality for 14 ancient, pre-industrial societies using...

This book joins four papers prepared in the framework of the Egypt inequality study financed by the World Bank. The first paper prepared by Sherine Al-Shawarby reviews the studies on inequality in Egypt since the 1950s with the double objective of illustrating the importance attributed to...