New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable(archaeologymag.com)
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New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/study-reveals-inequality-was-never-inevitable/
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Fascinating work. I'm in the process of reading David Graeber's The Dawn of Everything, so this is timely for me.
I read debt: the first 5000 years and found it fascinating.
Personally I think wealth inequality has changed because now wealth is portable.
2000 years ago, someone with wealth like musk would have had to collect, transport and guard a mountain of gold bullion.
nowadays it's just number goes up in a bank computer.
Personally I think wealth inequality has changed because now wealth is portable.
2000 years ago, someone with wealth like musk would have had to collect, transport and guard a mountain of gold bullion.
nowadays it's just number goes up in a bank computer.
Well yes, but telling people that it is inevitable and having them believe it comes from political economy not reality.