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Age-old issue - Modern inequality

WHO to blame for social inequality? Was it the 18th-century British and their expanding empire? The late-19th-century capitalists of the US? Could it be traced back to the city states of Italy or even further to the ancient Romans and Egyptians?

Age-old issue - Modern inequality

Mon, 11 Dec, 2017 - 00:00

Irish Examiner Editorial

WHO to blame for social inequality? Was it the 18th-century British and their expanding empire? The late-19th-century capitalists of the US? Could it be traced back to the city states of Italy or even further to the ancient Romans and Egyptians?

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