The central underlying issue in various inequalities expressed in different economies throughout the world is class separation due to colonialism. Inequality mainly manifests itself as a social and economic disparity in different parts of the world due to lasting effects of colonialism. These effects include slavery and demographic crisis, dissolution of various infrastructure, de-industrialization, depletion of resources, and slavery (Cypher and Dietz). This paper will attempt to look at the way colonialism shaped inequality from a global perspective.
Colonialism and Land Distribution.Land inequality is a dominant factor to consider in the evolution of economic inequality because, in most pre-colonial societies, land ownership ...