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Book review of Ten Thousand Years of Inequality. The Archaeology of Wealth Differences

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  • Giovanni Vecchi, 2019. "Book review of Ten Thousand Years of Inequality. The Archaeology of Wealth Differences," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 17(4), pages 591-594, December.
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