Aaron Reeves surveys five books on the defining social, political and economic issue of our times.
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Reeves, A. Economics: The architecture of inequality. Nature 543, 312–313 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/543312a
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The dynamic of "winner take all" and concentration of resources in a few individuals seems an inherent tendency in biological systems, social systems and habitats – also, perhaps, physical systems.
To problem-solve, first we need good theories and models and then experimental tests to produce real knowledge. It is doubtful economics or the other humanities will be useful since nothing in their ideas is evidence-based. Biology is the science of all things animal and human.