History Law 3: Economic Inequality is a Persistent Challenge - Deepstash
History Law 3: Economic Inequality is a Persistent Challenge

History Law 3: Economic Inequality is a Persistent Challenge

The distribution of wealth within societies tends to become increasingly unequal over time. Societies usually start with unregulated economic freedom, leading to the economic development. As time goes by the inequalities lead to restrictions and regulations, slowing down grow. Ongoing inequalities usually lead to revolutions and bloodshed.

ex: France became the powerhouse of Europe during the the century of Ludovic XIV. But since there were very few haves and many hav-nots, his grandson, Ludovic XVI, lost his head during the French Revolution.

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Will and Ariel Durant, giant historians, condense the lessons of thousand of years of history into a few lessons that define human nature.

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