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L’Economist pubblica un estratto del libro The Great Leveler, dello storico Walter Scheidel, e un intervista con l’autore. Secondo Scheidel, gli uniche strade che storicamente hanno permesso un contenimento delle disuguaglianze sono state i conflitti armati, il collasso degli stati, le rivoluzioni e le epidemie.

“For more substantial levelling to occur, the established order needs to be shaken up,” he says. “The greater the shock to the system, the easier it becomes to reduce privilege at the top.” Yet nothing is inevitable, and Mr Scheidel urges that society become “more creative” in devising policies that can be implemented. The Economist’s Open Future initiative asked Mr Scheidel to reply to five questions. An excerpt from the book appears thereafter.

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