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"Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial...
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2021.
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"The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis frames climate change and the Anthropocene as the culmination of a history that begins with the discovery of the New World and of the sea route to the Indian Ocean. Ghosh makes the case that the political dynamics of climate change today are rooted in the centuries-old geopolitical order that was constructed by Western colonialism. This argument is set within a broader narrative about human entanglements...
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Report volume 98th session, 6
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International Labour Office
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2009
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English
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Reexamines the prerogatives that accompany status in relations between individuals, groups, and nations. Many of the difficulties faced in personal relationships, schools, and the workplace stem from the misuse of power associated with rank. [Note to the reader].
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Hoover Institution Press publication volume 498
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Hoover Institution Press
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2002.
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English
