The Creation of Inequality:

how our prehistoric ancestors set the stage for monarchy, slavery, and empire

 

Kent Flannery and Joyce Marcus

Flannery and Marcus demonstrate that the rise of inequality was not simply the result of population increase, food surplus, or the accumulation of valuables but resulted from conscious manipulation of the unique social logic that lies at the core of every human group. Reversing the social logic can reverse inequality, they argue, without violence.