Major study overthrows the "Great Leveler" argument against socialism

Study suggests that governments - and not just violent upheavals - can reduce inequality.

The structure of a government can have enormous effects on economic inequality, a groundbreaking new paper published by the National Academy of Sciences concludes.

This point may seem obvious to socialists, but among archaeologists it has for decades come under increasing scrutiny. Decades of research seemed to indicate that inequality was very closely r…