Jon D. Wisman
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction: Inequality, Sex, Politics, and Ideology
Chapter Two: Blame it on Sex
Chapter Three: From Aboriginal Equality to Limited and Unstable Inequality
Chapter Four: The Dynamics of Religious Legitimation
Chapter Five: The State,
Civilization, and Extreme Inequality
Chapter Six: The Critical Break: The Bourgeiosie Unchained
Chapter Seven: Theological Revolution and the Idea of Equality
Chapter Eight: The Shift Toward Secular Ideology
Chapter Nine: Workers Gain Formal Political Power
Chapter Ten: From
American Exceptionalism to the Great Compression
Chapter Eleven: Simon Kuznets' Happy Prognosis Crushed in an Ideological Coup
Chapter Twelve: Inequality, Conspicuos Consumption, and the Growth Trap
Chapter Thirteen: The Problem is Inequality, not Private Property and Markets
Chapter
Fourteen: What Future for Inequality?
Bibliography
Index
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Jon D. Wisman is Professor of Economics at American University in Washington, D.C. He served as President of the Association for Social Economics in 2002 and has twice been selected by American University as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year.
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