8.1: Ariel & Christina Discuss: What History Says About What It Takes to Level Inequality (opens in new tab)

Listen to 8.1: Ariel & Christina Discuss: What History Says About What It Takes to Level Inequality from Solarpunk Presents. We like to think that a rising tide lifts all boats. But, according to Stanford University historian Dr. Walter Scheidel, wealth and income inequality have almost always only grown drastically toward the maximum level a society can sustain in times of peace and prosperity. Instead, as he outlined in his book The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from...