Hartmut Kaelble has been Professor Emeritus at Humboldt University in Berlin since 2009. From 1971–1991, he was Professor of Social History at Free University Berlin and from 1991–2008 at Humboldt University.

“Kaelble offers a historiography of economists' views of modern social inequality, which helps to put the topic in context. His succinct writing yields well-organized chapters in which he discusses many aspects of social inequality.” • Choice

• Foreword to the English-Language EditionIntroductionChapter 1. Social Inequality before 1914: Unregulated Industrial CapitalismChapter 2. Social Inequality, 1914 to 1945 – A Retrograde Period?Chapter 3. Social Inequality from the 1950s to the 1970s – A Period of MitigationChapter 4. Social Inequality since the 1980s: An Era of a Growing Gap between Rich and PoorConclusionsAcknowledgementsNotesList of Tables and GraphsSelect BibliographyIndex

Hartmut Kaelble has been Professor Emeritus at Humboldt University in Berlin since 2009. From 1971–1991, he was Professor of Social History at Free University Berlin and from 1991–2008 at Humboldt University.

“Kaelble offers a historiography of economists' views of modern social inequality, which helps to put the topic in context. His succinct writing yields well-organized chapters in which he discusses many aspects of social inequality.” • Choice

• Foreword to the English-Language EditionIntroductionChapter 1. Social Inequality before 1914: Unregulated Industrial CapitalismChapter 2. Social Inequality, 1914 to 1945 – A Retrograde Period?Chapter 3. Social Inequality from the 1950s to the 1970s – A Period of MitigationChapter 4. Social Inequality since the 1980s: An Era of a Growing Gap between Rich and PoorConclusionsAcknowledgementsNotesList of Tables and GraphsSelect BibliographyIndex

Hartmut Kaelble has been Professor Emeritus at Humboldt University in Berlin since 2009. From 1971–1991, he was Professor of Social History at Free University Berlin and from 1991–2008 at Humboldt University.

“Kaelble offers a historiography of economists' views of modern social inequality, which helps to put the topic in context. His succinct writing yields well-organized chapters in which he discusses many aspects of social inequality.” • Choice

• Foreword to the English-Language EditionIntroductionChapter 1. Social Inequality before 1914: Unregulated Industrial CapitalismChapter 2. Social Inequality, 1914 to 1945 – A Retrograde Period?Chapter 3. Social Inequality from the 1950s to the 1970s – A Period of MitigationChapter 4. Social Inequality since the 1980s: An Era of a Growing Gap between Rich and PoorConclusionsAcknowledgementsNotesList of Tables and GraphsSelect BibliographyIndex