Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction What Is the Challenge of Inequality? 1
5. Part one: Inequality in Time and Space
6. 1 Turning the Telescope the economic analysis of income distribution 31
7. 2 Society as a Sports Field the challenge of Bourdieu 53
8. 3 Renewing Marx capital accumulation and the weight of history 73
9. Part two Inequality, Empire, and the Decline of Nations
10. 4 The Ranking of Nations 103
11. 5 The Return of Empire inequality on a global scale 130
12. 6 Insiders and Outsiders race, gender, and class in long-term perspective 168
13. 7 Visceral Inequality in the Twenty-First Century 196
14. 8 Cities, Elites, and Accumulation 229
15. 9 The Force of Information and Technology 251
16. Part three The Politics of Inequality in the Twenty-First Century
17. 10 Reinstating the Time of Politics 275
18. 11 What Is to Be Done? 309
19. Glossary 331
20. Figures 337
21. Tables 341
22. Notes 343
23. References 367
24. Acknowledgments 403
25. Index 409