4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Rousseau's 1755 Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men — arguing that natural humans are innocent and equal, that the invention of private property created inequality, and that civilization is the history of compounding injustice built on this original theft.
American behavioral geneticist at UT Austin whose The Genetic Lottery argues that genetic differences contribute to life outcomes and that acknowledging this is compatible with — and necessary for — a just egalitarian politics.
American economist — University of Maryland — author of The Two-Parent Privilege — who argues that the decline of two-parent households is a primary driver of economic inequality and that this is a mainstream economic finding suppressed by political discomfort.
Melissa Kearney's 2023 argument — that growing up in a two-parent household significantly improves children's economic outcomes and that the decline of two-parent families, particularly among less-educated Americans, is a primary driver of economic inequality.