Prof. David Peritz, Rising Inequality, Lecture V:Viewing Inequality Historically and Sociologically

As the world sinks deeper into the great coronavirus recession of 2020, signs of rising economic inequality abound. By taking a more historical and sociological perspective, we better understand the social forces that generate inequality as well as some of its likely economic, social and political consequences. Surveying landmark works in economic history by Branko Milanovic, Thomas Piketty and others, this lecture place current events in a richer and more complex global and historical context.