History
Document Type
Article
Abstract
While hierarchy had been a cornerstone of medieval and early modern societies, during the Enlightenment literate Europeans began to discuss the desirability of human equality. That ideal carried over into the Age of Revolutions (1775–1824), when some authors and activists specifically pursued economic equality. I will provide a brief survey of plans and policies on both sides of the Atlantic that aimed to introduce some form of equality or at least take the edge off of existing inequality.
Publication Title
The New England Quarterly
Publication Date
9-2023
Volume
96
Issue
3
First Page
234
Last Page
243
ISSN
0028-4866
DOI
10.1162/tneq_a_00994
Keywords
Age of Revolutions, economic equality, income distribution, income inequality, Enlightenment, Rationalism
Repository Citation
Klooster, Wim, "Economic Equality in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions" (2023). History. 1.
https://commons.clarku.edu/historyfac/1
Copyright
Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged with citation: Klooster, Wim. "Economic Equality in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions." The New England Quarterly 96.3 (2023): 234-243. Must link to journal homepage: https://direct.mit.edu/tneq