Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West

Once there were princes and peasants and very few between. The extremes of wealth and poverty are still with us, but that shouldn't blind us to the fact our societies have been utterly transformed for the better over the past century. As Daniel Waldenström makes clear in this authoritative account of wealth accumulation and inequality in the modern west, we are today both significantly richer and more equal.

Using cutting-edge research and new, sometimes surprising, data, Waldenström shows t...