@NAChristakisさんの連続ツイート（2018 0114 ）

Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis

Fascinating book by @WalterScheidel, on economic inequality across the ages. THE GREAT LEVELER amazon.com/Great-Leveler-… 1/

Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis

Larger agglomerations (w more technology) have higher inequality. Nobles of Akkadian Empire were richer than those of Sumerian city states. Nobles of Roman Empire were some of the richest individuals in human history (i.e. when their wealth is measured as a share of GDP) 2/

Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis

Yet, (relative) equality is restored only w violence & catastrophe (eg, Black Death). "All of us who prize greater economic equality would do well to remember that, with the rarest of exceptions, it was only ever brought forth in sorrow. Be careful what you wish for’’ (p 44). 3/

Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis

Economic growth often increases income inequality, but it can also reduce inequality of *consumption.* So the poor may be better off in richer environments, even if relative standing is worse. 4/

Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis

Our own work has shown that the *visibility* of inequality, more then the inequality per se, may be especially corrosive to the social fabric. nature.com/articles/natur… I wonder if @WalterScheidel historical data sheds light on this idea? end 5/ pic.twitter.com/lmU2jc0pcv

拡大