Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Frequently Cited Works xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 Plato: “The Greatest of All Plagues” 18
7. Chapter 2 The New Testament: “The Eye of a Needle” 55
8. Chapter 3 Thomas Hobbes: “Too Much Abundance” 99
9. Chapter 4 Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “The Ever-Widening Inequality of Fortunes” 135
10. Chapter 5 Adam Smith: “A Combination of the Rich to Oppress the Poor” 171
11. Chapter 6 John Stuart Mill: “The Widening Breach” 202
12. Chapter 7 Karl Marx: “The Social Gulf ” 256
13. Conclusion: The Lessons of Canonical Wisdom on Inequality 312
14. Notes 323
15. Bibliography 363
16. Index 389