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The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) > Lists

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Walter Scheidel


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5th out of 6 books — 8 voters
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Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — The Problem (nonfiction)
177th out of 711 books — 186 voters
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FT (Financial Times) McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2017 — the longlist
17th out of 17 books — 22 voters

Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd ParryRed Famine by Anne ApplebaumJanesville by Amy  GoldsteinThe Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward LuceThe Undoing Project by Michael   Lewis
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18th out of 45 books — 17 voters
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294th out of 437 books — 79 voters

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20th out of 24 books — 4 voters

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerOn Violence by Hannah ArendtSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Coroner's Silence by Terence Keel
A History of Violence
17th out of 67 books — 5 voters
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Books recommended by Matt "Cushbomb" Christman
18th out of 38 books — 6 voters

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Sources and References: from Freedom, by Sebastian Junger (2021, Simon & Schuster)
41st out of 50 books — 1 voter
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January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month (USA)
89th out of 123 books — 3 voters

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCapital by Karl MarxThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekThe Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. HeilbronerThe Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes
Economic History, Wikipedia's Notable Works of
15th out of 58 books — 3 voters
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217th out of 266 books — 4 voters

The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything by Peter BrannenThe Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers by Robert L.  KellyAfter the Ice by Steven MithenAgainst the Grain by James C. ScottThe Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel
Key Books To Understand History, Economics, Philosophy And The Future
5th out of 15 books — 1 voter


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