Christian Olaf Christiansen is Professor of Intellectual History at Aarhus University. His research brings historical perspective to urgent issues like the role of business in American society, human rights, and poverty reduction at the United Nations. In recent years, he has shifted focus from a Western viewpoint to a more global history of ideas. He has twice received Denmark's prestigious Sapere Aude grant and his work has been acclaimed in the 2019 UN Human Development Report and by leading economists.

• Introduction: Global Equality by Design Part 1. The Rise of Development, Redistribution, and Reconstruction 1: Development in an Unequal World 2: The Widening Gap 3: Inequality Takes Center Stage: From UNESCO to the World Bank Part 2. The Fall of Development, Redistribution, and Reconstruction 4: From Redistribution and Reconstruction to Self-Help 5: Shaky Alliances: When Inclusive Capitalism Entered the United Nations Conclusion: Alarm Bells That Had Sounded for Decades

Christian Olaf Christiansen is Professor of Intellectual History at Aarhus University. His research brings historical perspective to urgent issues like the role of business in American society, human rights, and poverty reduction at the United Nations. In recent years, he has shifted focus from a Western viewpoint to a more global history of ideas. He has twice received Denmark's prestigious Sapere Aude grant and his work has been acclaimed in the 2019 UN Human Development Report and by leading economists.

• Introduction: Global Equality by Design Part 1. The Rise of Development, Redistribution, and Reconstruction 1: Development in an Unequal World 2: The Widening Gap 3: Inequality Takes Center Stage: From UNESCO to the World Bank Part 2. The Fall of Development, Redistribution, and Reconstruction 4: From Redistribution and Reconstruction to Self-Help 5: Shaky Alliances: When Inclusive Capitalism Entered the United Nations Conclusion: Alarm Bells That Had Sounded for Decades

Christian Olaf Christiansen is Professor of Intellectual History at Aarhus University. His research brings historical perspective to urgent issues like the role of business in American society, human rights, and poverty reduction at the United Nations. In recent years, he has shifted focus from a Western viewpoint to a more global history of ideas. He has twice received Denmark's prestigious Sapere Aude grant and his work has been acclaimed in the 2019 UN Human Development Report and by leading economists.

• Introduction: Global Equality by Design Part 1. The Rise of Development, Redistribution, and Reconstruction 1: Development in an Unequal World 2: The Widening Gap 3: Inequality Takes Center Stage: From UNESCO to the World Bank Part 2. The Fall of Development, Redistribution, and Reconstruction 4: From Redistribution and Reconstruction to Self-Help 5: Shaky Alliances: When Inclusive Capitalism Entered the United Nations Conclusion: Alarm Bells That Had Sounded for Decades