Theme-Based Book Review: A Hauntology of Inequality

This essay reviews three recent books on topics related to inequality: The Great Polarization: How Ideas, Power, and Policies Drive Inequality, edited by Rudiger L. von Arnim and Joseph E. Stiglitz; Key Concepts and Contemporary Approaches to Structured Inequality: Capital, Power and Status, by Carl Bankston III; and Conflict, Demand and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Amit Bhaduri, edited by Deepankar Basu and Debarshi Das.