The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past

by Mike Savage

Book Overview

A pioneering book that takes us beyond economic debate to show how inequality is returning us to a past dominated by empires, dynastic elites, and ethnic divisions.

The economic facts of inequality are clear. The rich have been pulling away from the rest of us for years, and the super-rich have been pulling away from the rich. More and more assets are concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Mainstream economists say we need not worry;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674988078
• ISBN13: 9780674988071
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 10.4"