Inequality Books

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The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.02 — 9,996 ratings — published 2012
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Capital in the Twenty First Century Capital in the Twenty First Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.06 — 34,993 ratings — published 2013
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The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.13 — 7,234 ratings — published 2009
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Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,145 ratings — published 2007
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.47 — 116,045 ratings — published 2016
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.52 — 118,895 ratings — published 2010
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The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,043 ratings — published 2017
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Inequality: What Can Be Done? Inequality: What Can Be Done? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.81 — 631 ratings — published 2015
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by (shelved 25 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.66 — 196,187 ratings — published 2001
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.52 — 164,783 ratings — published 2020
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Capital and Ideology Capital and Ideology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,140 ratings — published 2019
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A Brief History of Equality A Brief History of Equality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,446 ratings — published 2021
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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,472 ratings — published 2013
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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,612 ratings — published 2014
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.26 — 19,027 ratings — published 1991
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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.13 — 17,450 ratings — published 2018
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The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,150 ratings — published 2018
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.33 — 175,138 ratings — published 2019
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.83 — 509,529 ratings — published 2016
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The Economics of Inequality The Economics of Inequality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,720 ratings — published 1997
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The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,516 ratings — published 2019
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.40 — 371,450 ratings — published 2015
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Poverty, by America Poverty, by America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.27 — 64,616 ratings — published 2023
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,509 ratings — published 2016
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The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.76 — 592 ratings — published 2010
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The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,357 ratings — published 2015
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,860 ratings — published 2018
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.62 — 266,856 ratings — published 2014
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The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.19 — 14,460 ratings — published 2020
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.44 — 47,195 ratings — published 2017
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Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.72 — 2,565 ratings — published 2017
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,219 ratings — published 2019
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.09 — 64,956 ratings — published 2012
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,990,578 ratings — published 1960
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The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,001 ratings — published 2019
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Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,108 ratings — published 2020
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The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,373 ratings — published 2017
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 10 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.16 — 173,270 ratings — published 2018
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.77 — 25,445 ratings — published 2016
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.27 — 24,758 ratings — published 2011
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.13 — 815,887 ratings — published 2010
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Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do about It Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do about It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.21 — 158 ratings — published
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.48 — 119,409 ratings — published 2010
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After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.03 — 143 ratings — published
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as inequality)
avg rating 4.30 — 55,036 ratings — published 2007
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Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.89 — 457 ratings — published 2008
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.79 — 19,243 ratings — published 1755
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Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as inequality)
avg rating 3.61 — 3,196 ratings — published 2012
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A Current of Blood by Namdeo DhasalBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian ProbstDays Will Come Back by Kamal Dev PallBlues from Bhimnagar by Yogesh MaitreyaDalit Voices in Indian Poetry by Sakunthala A.I.
Dalit Poetry
25 books — 2 voters
Motherwit by Urmila PawarDe Rerum Natura by David HillstromThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
100 books — 13 voters

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Voltaire
“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.”
Voltaire

J.B. Lion
“Boy, you are a hothead, Bane. Your rage makes you an exceptional warrior but quite a boring conversationalist. Good thing I did not keep you for your manners and charm, eh? Now calm down, your spittle is getting all over me, my feet do not require a shower."
-Michael, The ArchAngel”
J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

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