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Visions of Inequality

From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War

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$32.95 • £28.95 • €29.95

ISBN 9780674264144

Publication Date: 10/10/2023

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368 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

26 illus.

Belknap Press

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  • Prologue
  • 1. François Quesnay: Social Classes in a “Rich Agricultural Kingdom”
  • 2. Adam Smith: “Progress of Opulence” and an Implicit Theory of Income Distribution
  • 3. The Ricardian Windfall: David Ricardo and the Absence of the Equity–Efficiency Trade-off
  • 4. Karl Marx: The Decreasing Rate of Profit but Constant Pressure on Labor Incomes
  • 5. Vilfredo Pareto: From Classes to Individuals
  • 6. Simon Kuznets: Inequality during Modernization
  • 7. The Long Eclipse of Inequality Studies during the Cold War
  • Epilogue: The New Beginning
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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