Part I. Western Maritime empires divide the world into a rich Western world and a poor Restern world -- Reasons for the … rise of the Western world in the centuries after 1500 -- Power configurations and the periodisation of Western empires … British Empire (1846-1914/31) -- The origins of the third world during the second pattern of Western empires (1820 …

point to which his book has guided us. The main path to follow is the income inequality history so well paved by Piketty and … his team, supported by the book's history of twentieth-century shocks and political responses. Less promising is the book … merging his team's history of top income shares with the history of inequality movements within the lower 90 percent. It also …

history and racism would further sharpen his view of the drivers and dynamics of contemporary capitalism. …