Visions of inequality from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War Branko Milanovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milanović, Branko, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--History.

Income distribution.

Equality--Economic aspects--History.

Equality.

Economics--History.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts Belknap Press of Harvard University Press [2023]

Summary:

Branko Milanovic charts 200 years of the fascinating history of the discourse on inequality through portraits of six key economists, from Quesnay to Kuznets. In their work and lives, we see how differently each conceived of inequality, and how the subject, prominent in their times, was eclipsed during the Cold War and has become central once again.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-674-29462-9

0-674-29463-7

OCLC:

1408681656