IHDP's Deborah Rogers writes about inequality in PLoS ONE

Why do class inequalities exist within the majority of cultures around the world? IHDP Science Officer Deborah Rogers, together with former colleagues from Stanford University, recently published a paper in PLoS ONE on this question. Their study modeled the demographic consequences of unequal access to resources, and found that several factors, including the comparatively unstable populations and rapid migration of stratified societies, may have allowed them to conquer and displace egalitarian societies throughout history. |Read more