The Origins And Dynamics Of Inequality: Sex, Politics, And Ideology

Introduction: Inequality, sex, politics, and ideology -- Blame it on sex -- From aboriginal equality to limited and unstable inequality -- The dynamics of religious legitimation -- The state, civilization, and extreme inequality -- The critical break : the bourgeoisie unchained -- Theological revolution and the idea of equality -- The shift toward secular ideology -- Workers gain formal political power -- From American exceptionalism to the great compression -- Simon Kuznets' happy prognosis crushed in an ideological coup -- Inequality, conspicuous consumption, and the growth trap -- The problem is inequality, not private property and markets -- What future for inequality?

• | Author: Jon D. Wisman
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 17, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 520 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Business & Economics
• | ISBN-10: 0197575943
• | ISBN-13: 9780197575949