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We may publish an article that expands upon the principles in this book, but for now, here are a few of the highlights:

• Economic crises in all countries throughout human history have never resulted in lower Gini Indexes. In all cases, the Gini index has risen or remained constant.
• Land reforms have never produced sustainable Gini index reductions.
• After analyzing the socioeconomic impacts of hundreds of major historical events thought human history, the Gini Foundation and Mr. Scheidel have come to the same sobering conclusion: The only events that have ever reduced the Gini index (i.e., reduced income gaps between rich and poor) are devastating wars, violent revolutions and pandemic plagues.
• Economic crises always lead to greater banking centralization and wealth concentration because the humans in control of the money supply always believe they are the only ones that can fix the problems, despite the obvious fact that they created the problems themselves. More specifically, the politicians in control of banking laws and regulations don't have any meaningful economic or technical financial system knowledge or experience; so they get their advice from the same experts that created the problems, who invariably dispense advice based on what is in their long-term interest, not what's best for the public interest.
• Within the context of democratic political systems, the historical evidence reveals another sobering fact: It does not matter if a political party is generally left-leaning or right-leaning, the overall long-run trend of income gaps has either increased or remained constant. This is essentially another way of stating the facts above: Peaceful, democratic political processes alone are insufficient to compel political leaders to implement meaningful economic reforms that would reduce the Gini index within their countries.
• Throughout human history, only a violent disruption in the form of a large-scale war, revolution or widespread plague has ever had any significant affect on a country's Gini index.
• These facts lead to another sobering conclusion: Any political system controlled by politicians that can be influenced by wealthy special interest groups will implement economic policies that are biased in favor of a tiny number of humans with the most financial power.
• Income disparities will never be reduced to sustainable levels without an economic and political system that is substantially autonomous and impervious to these forms of political bias and favoritism. That's why there is no hope for a truly sustainable, equitable economy and political system without the kind of automated ecosystem stability mechanisms and community governance systems that Gini is building today.
• You can't rationally complain about corrupt politicians without questioning the legitimacy of the political system that produces them.