Introduction: The Challenge of Inequality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xiii
3. FIGURES AND TABLES xv
4. PREFACE TO THE PRINCETON CLASSICS EDITION xix
5. Acknowledgments xxv
6. Introduction: The Challenge of Inequality 1
7. PART I. A BRIEF HISTORY OF INEQUALITY 23
8. PART II. WAR 113
9. PART III. REVOLUTION 211
10. PART IV. COLLAPSE 255
11. PART V. PLAGUE 289
12. PART VI. ALTERNATIVES 343
13. PART VII. INEQUALITY REDUX AND THE FUTURE OF LEVELING 403
14. Appendix: The Limits of Inequality 445
15. Bibliography 457
16. Index 495