The Source

History's greatest minds take on economic inequality


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Vast economic inequality is actually a very old problem, and many of the world’s greatest thinkers have had something to say about it—including Jesus and Plato, Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, John Stuart Mill and others. They had ideas on how to take on the oligarchies of their time that we can learn from today. David Lay Williams discusses his new book "The Greatest of All Plagues."
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The SourceBy David Martin Davies

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