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In this historical tour de force, Simon Reid-Henry rewrites the usual story of globalization and development as a story of the management of inequality. Reaching back to the eighteenth century and around the globe, Reid-Henry foregrounds the political turning points and decisions behind the making of today's uneven societies.

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"The Political Origins of Inequality makes the bold claim that popular thinking on global development is profoundly and fundamentally flawed because many of the economists who have written many of the best sellers have often been shortsighted. This is an important book about big issues, dismissive of facile solutions, it should change the terms of the debate on why the gaps between us are so wide and what we could do about them."-Danny Dorling, author of Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists; "An important reminder that the historical origins of today's crushing burden of global and national inequality are political, and so too must be the solutions."-Duncan Green, head of research, Oxfam GB

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 23/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780226236797, 978-0226236797
      ISBN10: 022623679X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this historical tour de force, Simon Reid-Henry rewrites the usual story of globalization and development as a story of the management of inequality. Reaching back to the eighteenth century and around the globe, Reid-Henry foregrounds the political turning points and decisions behind the making of today's uneven societies.

      Trade Review
      "The Political Origins of Inequality makes the bold claim that popular thinking on global development is profoundly and fundamentally flawed because many of the economists who have written many of the best sellers have often been shortsighted. This is an important book about big issues, dismissive of facile solutions, it should change the terms of the debate on why the gaps between us are so wide and what we could do about them."-Danny Dorling, author of Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists; "An important reminder that the historical origins of today's crushing burden of global and national inequality are political, and so too must be the solutions."-Duncan Green, head of research, Oxfam GB

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