Prof. Walter Scheidel's most recent book, The Great Leveler, selected as a finalist for the Cundhill History Prize and Business Book of the Year (2017) for the Financial Times and McKinsey. Congratulations Prof. Scheidel!
Excerpt from the NYTimes: Stanford University professor Walter Scheidel is a contender for the Cundill History Prize for "The Great Leveler." The Austria-born author argues that, since the Stone Age, economic inequality has only declined at times of war, famine and other violent shocks.
NYTimes article "Book Arguing War Boosts Equality Up for $75,000 Book Prize"