New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable (archaeologymag.com) 19 points by sparkle_fish 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] lambdaone 1y ago ↗ Fascinating work. I'm in the process of reading David Graeber's The Dawn of Everything, so this is timely for me. [–] m463 1y ago ↗ 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.
[–] m463 1y ago ↗ 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.
[–] kelseyfrog 1y ago ↗ Well yes, but telling people that it is inevitable and having them believe it comes from political economy not reality.
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 21.8 ms ] threadPersonally 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.