Walter Scheidel
studied history and numismatics in Vienna, conducted research in Cambridge and taught in Paris and Innsbruck. He has been Professor of History at Stanford University since 2004.
in dialogue with
Rudolf Scholten, President of the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue
Walter Scheidel has put forward a provocative thesis that has already brought him a lot of attention in his adopted country, the USA: social inequality can only be reduced through chaos, plague, revolution or war. This is demonstrated by his research into the history of mankind.
Moderation Robert Misik